# due

> English word · Adjective · IPA /djuː/ · frequency rank #442

## Definitions
1. Owed or owing.
2. Appropriate.
3. Scheduled; expected.
4. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
6. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.

## Etymology
From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).

## Easily confused with
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dy)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dvd)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-duo)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dug)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dye)
- **duh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-duh)
- **DUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dui)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dun)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dum)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dup)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dur)
- **DWP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dwp)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-duty)
- **dumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dumb)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-duke)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dust)
- **dump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dump)

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