# dour vs duc

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### duc
*noun · frequency rank #36,966*
A French duke.

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