Which to use
“endommagé” and “endommager” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,778
- “endommagé” frequency rank
- #25,304
- “endommager” frequency rank
- 38082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endommagé | endommager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe endommager. | Mettre une chose en mauvais état en lui faisant subir quelque dommage. |
Same sound, different letters: endommagé vs endommager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. endommagé runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against endommager's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - endommagé / endommager
This is the hard kind. endommagé and endommager are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endommagé is recorded at frequency rank #12,778, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe\. endommager is at rank #25,304, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 38082, this pair ranks #257,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of endommagé vs endommager
Shared letters: adegmno. Private to "endommagé": é. Private to "endommager": r.
"endommagé" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "endommager" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- endommager ← ednommager · enddommager · endmomager · endomager · endomamger · endommaegr · endommagerr · endommagger
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "endommagé" and "endommager" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "endommagé" vs "endommager" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "endommagé" / "endommager". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "endommagé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "endommager" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endommagé" and "endommager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endommagées vs endommager". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #257,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.