Which to use
“duo” is a num and “duty” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,822
- “duo” frequency rank
- #21,948
- “duty” frequency rank
- 27770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duo | duty |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zwei | die moralische oder gesetzliche Pflicht |
Letter map: duo vs duty
Shared letters muted; letters that set duo and duty apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for duo / duty
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: duo is anum and dutyanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duo is recorded at frequency rank #5,822, classified as anum, pronounced […]. duty is at rank #21,948, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdjuːti].
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 27770, this pair ranks #1,796,184 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of duo vs duty
Shared letters: du. Private to "duo": o. Private to "duty": ty.
"duo" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "duty" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- duty ← dduty · dtuy · dutty · dutyy · duyt · udty
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "duo" for "duty" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "duo" or "duty" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "duo" and "duty".
- Full dictionary entry for "duo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,796,184 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duo" and "duty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duch vs duty". 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 #1,796,184 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.