dartedvsDuarteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,174
“darted” frequency rank
#41,602
“Duarte” frequency rank
89776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature darted Duarte
Definition simple past and past participle of dart A surname from Portuguese or Spanish.

Letter map: darted vs Duarte

Shared letters muted; letters that set darted and Duarte apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. darted (CVCCVC) and Duarte (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
darted
6 ch
Duarte

Part-of-speech tell for darted / Duarte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: darted is averb and Duarteaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

darted is recorded at frequency rank #48,174, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdɑɹtɪd/. Duarte is at rank #41,602, tagged as aname.

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 89776, this pair ranks #4,825 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of darted vs Duarte

Shared letters: adert. Private to "darted": -. Private to "Duarte": u.

"darted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Duarte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • darted ← adrted · daretd · darrted · dartde · dartedd · dartted · datred · ddarted
  • Duarte ← daurte · dduarte · duaret · duarrte · duartte · duatre · durate · udarte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "darted" and "Duarte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "darted" is a verb and "Duarte" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "darted" or "Duarte"?
"Duarte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,602 in our English list, against #48,174 for "darted". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "darted" and "Duarte".

  • Full dictionary entry for "darted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Duarte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,825 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "darted" and "Duarte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "darned vs darted". 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 #4,825 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list