# dram vs Durham

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dram
*noun · IPA /dɹæm/ · frequency rank #31,148*
A small unit of weight, variously:

### Durham
*name · IPA /ˈdʌ.ɹəm/ · frequency rank #9,883*
A county in the Northeast of England; in full, County Durham.

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