Which to use
“endommagées” is an adjective and “endommager” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,589
- “endommagées” frequency rank
- #25,304
- “endommager” frequency rank
- 55893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endommagées | endommager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de endommagé. | Mettre une chose en mauvais état en lui faisant subir quelque dommage. |
Same sound, different letters: endommagées vs endommager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. endommagées runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVVC) 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 - endommagées / endommager
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: endommagées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endommagées is recorded at frequency rank #30,589, 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 55893, this pair ranks #124,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of endommagées vs endommager
Shared letters: adegmno. Private to "endommagées": sé. Private to "endommager": r.
"endommagées" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "endommager" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- endommager ← ednommager · enddommager · endmomager · endomager · endomamger · endommaegr · endommagerr · endommagger
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "endommagées" / "endommager". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "endommagées" 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 #124,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endommagées" and "endommager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endommagée vs endommagées". 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 #124,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.