DürenvsduringWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Düren is a name, during is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Düren” is a name and “during” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,069
“Düren” frequency rank
#30,518
“during” frequency rank
45587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Düren during
Definition Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs dure

Letter map: Düren vs during

Shared letters muted; letters that set Düren and during apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Düren
6 ch
during

Grammar separator: Düren vs during

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Düren is aname and duringaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Düren is recorded at frequency rank #15,069, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈdyːʁən]. during is at rank #30,518, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 45587, this pair ranks #1,347,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Düren vs during

Shared letters: dnr. Private to "Düren": . Private to "during": giu.

"Düren" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "during" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • duringdduring · druing · duirng · durign · duringg · durinng · durnig · durring

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Düren" and "during" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Düren" is a name and "during" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Düren" or "during" show up more?
"Düren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,069 in our German list, against #30,518 for "during". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Düren" and "during". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Düren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "during" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,347,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Düren" and "during" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "during vs puzzles". 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 #1,347,969 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list