Durand

\dy.ʁɑ̃\

/\dy.ʁɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Durand” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,360
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-durand · Durand · French

Durand · rank #12,360 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,360
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH draguer

Nearest frequency peer: draguer (-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 « Durand »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Durand » 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).

Durand vs duras
50% similar
Durand vs durant
67% similar
Durand vs durent
50% similar

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

Key facts for Durand
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dy.ʁɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,360
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Durand »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Durandse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « draguer » (#12,359), « durement » (#12,361), « donation » (#12,358). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Durand » est au #12,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Durand (IPA \dy.ʁɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,360 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Durand, with forms such as "ddurand", "druand", and "duarnd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "duras", "durant", "durent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Durand, spelled D-U-R-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Durand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « On ne peut plus continuer cette gabegie », affirme Nour Durand-Raucher, le vice-président du groupe.
  2. La finale des non-classées à 30\1 était remportée par la Saranaise Durand qui dominait en deux petits sets l’Orléanaise Bouthelot.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddurand
  • druand
  • duarnd
  • duradn
  • durandd
  • durannd
  • durnad
  • durrand
  • udrand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Durand - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddurand1druand2duarnd2duradn2durandd1durannd1durnad2durrand1
Edit distance from "Durand"

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 "Durand"?
"Durand" is spelled D-U-R-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "Durand" mean?
As a proper noun, "Durand" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Durand"?
"Durand" is commonly confused with "duras", "durant", "durent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Durand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durand" is \dy.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durand" come from?
"Durand" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crèche#12,349crache#12,347entrez#12,373espion#12,375

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

diffère9 variantscollins9 variantscheikh9 variantsGraham9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list