# DC vs dur

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### DC
*name · frequency rank #2,667*
Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.

### dur
*adjective · IPA /duːɹ/ · frequency rank #39,793*
Major; in the major mode.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dc-vs-dur