Which to use
“endommager” is a verb and “endommagés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,304
- “endommager” frequency rank
- #22,554
- “endommagés” frequency rank
- 47858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endommager | endommagés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre une chose en mauvais état en lui faisant subir quelque dommage. | Masculin pluriel de endommagé. |
Same sound, different letters: endommager vs endommagés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. endommager and endommagés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - endommager and endommagés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: endommager and endommagés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 47858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endommager is recorded at frequency rank #25,304, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe\. endommagés is at rank #22,554, tagged as anadj, 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 47858, this pair ranks #183,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of endommager vs endommagés
Shared letters: adegmno. Private to "endommager": r. Private to "endommagés": sé.
"endommager" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "endommagés" · 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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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "endommager" / "endommagés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "endommager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "endommagés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endommager" and "endommagés" 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 #183,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.