Which to use
“duma” and “dura” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,013
- “duma” frequency rank
- #42,109
- “dura” frequency rank
- 72122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duma | dura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament). | Ellipsis of dura mater. |
Where the eye mixes duma and dura
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. duma and dura follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses duma with dura
A purely visual mix-up. duma (/ˈdumə/) and dura (/ˈdjʊə.ɹə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - m in “duma” becomes r in “dura”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duma is recorded at frequency rank #30,013, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdumə/. dura is at rank #42,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdjʊə.ɹə/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 72122, this pair ranks #44,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of duma vs dura
Shared letters: adu. Private to "duma": m. Private to "dura": r.
"duma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "duma" and "dura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "duma" vs "dura" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "duma" and "dura" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "duma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duma" and "dura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dour vs dura". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #44,139 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.