Which to use
“endommagée” is an adjective and “endommager” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,857
- “endommagée” frequency rank
- #25,304
- “endommager” frequency rank
- 49161
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endommagée | endommager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de endommagé. | Mettre une chose en mauvais état en lui faisant subir quelque dommage. |
Same sound, different letters: endommagée vs endommager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. endommagée (VCCVCCVCVV) and endommager (VCCVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - endommagée and endommager
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: endommagée and endommager carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endommagée is recorded at frequency rank #23,857, classified as anadj, 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 49161, this pair ranks #172,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of endommagée vs endommager
Shared letters: adegmno. Private to "endommagée": é. Private to "endommager": r.
"endommagée" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "endommager" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- endommager ← ednommager · enddommager · endmomager · endomager · endomamger · endommaegr · endommagerr · endommagger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "endommagée" for "endommager" ever safe?
Frequency check: "endommagée" vs "endommager" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "endommagée" / "endommager". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "endommagée" 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 #172,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endommagée" 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 #172,949 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.