Which to use
“dará” is a verb and “dura” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,705
- “dará” frequency rank
- #1,723
- “dura” frequency rank
- 4428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dará | dura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dar o de darse. | Forma del femenino singular de duro. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dará and dura apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dará is [d̪aˈɾa] while dura is [ˈd̪uɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dará is recorded at frequency rank #2,705, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɾa]. dura is at rank #1,723, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪uɾa].
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 4428, this pair ranks #316,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dará vs dura
Shared letters: adr. Private to "dará": á. Private to "dura": u.
"dará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dura ← ddura · drua · duar · durra · udra