# doom vs dour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### doom
*noun · IPA /duːm/ · frequency rank #9,459*
Destiny, especially terrible.

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

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