# dog vs dour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dog
*noun · IPA /dɒɡ/ · frequency rank #826*
A mammal of the family Canidae:

### dour
*adjective · IPA /ˈdʊə/ · frequency rank #49,880*
Stern, harsh and forbidding.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dog-vs-dour