# dura vs Durban

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dura
*noun · IPA /ˈdjʊə.ɹə/ · frequency rank #42,109*
Ellipsis of dura mater.

### Durban
*name · IPA /ˈdɜː.bən/ · frequency rank #21,192*
A city and seaport in KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa.

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