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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "darted" and "Duarte" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "darted" or "Duarte"?
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.