dartsvsDuarteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#16,884
“darts” frequency rank
#41,602
“Duarte” frequency rank
58486
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature darts Duarte
Definition A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land. A surname from Portuguese or Spanish.

Letter map: darts vs Duarte

Shared letters muted; letters that set darts and Duarte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. darts runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against Duarte's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
darts
6 ch
Duarte

Grammar separator: darts vs Duarte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: darts is anoun and Duarteaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

darts is recorded at frequency rank #16,884, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɑːts/. 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 58486, this pair ranks #112,234 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of darts vs Duarte

Shared letters: adrt. Private to "darts": s. Private to "Duarte": eu.

"darts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Duarte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • darts ← adrts · darrts · darst · dartss · dartts · datrs · ddarts · drats
  • Duarte ← daurte · dduarte · duaret · duarrte · duartte · duatre · durate · udarte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "darts" and "Duarte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "darts" is a noun and "Duarte" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "darts" or "Duarte" show up more?
"darts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,884 in our English list, against #41,602 for "Duarte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "darts" and "Duarte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "darts" 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 #112,234 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "darts" and "Duarte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "darted vs Duarte". 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 #112,234 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