Duran

\dy.ʁɑ̃\

/\dy.ʁɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Duran” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,504
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Gers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-duran · Duran · French

Duran · rank #34,504 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,504
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH ducks

Nearest frequency peer: ducks (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Duran »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Duran » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Duran vs dure
40% similar
Duran vs durs
40% similar
Duran vs durée
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Duran
PropertyValue
HeadwordDuran
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dy.ʁɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,504
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Duran »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Duranse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ducks » (#34,503), « débordante » (#34,505), « dressées » (#34,502). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Duran » est au #34,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Duran (IPA \dy.ʁɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,504 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Gers.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Duran, with forms such as "dduran", "druan", and "duarn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dure", "durs", "durée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Duran, spelled D-U-R-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Gers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dduran
  • druan
  • duarn
  • durann
  • durna
  • durran
  • udran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Duran - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

dduran1druan2duarn2durann1durna2durran1udran2
Edit distance from "Duran"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Duran"?
"Duran" is spelled D-U-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "Duran" mean?
As a proper noun, "Duran" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Gers.
What words are commonly confused with "Duran"?
"Duran" is commonly confused with "dure", "durs", "durée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Duran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Duran" is \dy.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Duran" come from?
"Duran" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Duran", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ducks#34,503Daoud#34,493flint#34,540carie#34,453

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

essieux7 variantsFallon7 variantsgommer7 variantsHagen7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list