durcir

\dyʁ.siʁ\

/\dyʁ.siʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“durcir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,135
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre dur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-durcir · durcir · French

durcir · rank #28,135 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,135
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dumoulin

Nearest frequency peer: Dumoulin (-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 « durcir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « durcir » 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).

durcir vs durer
67% similar
durcir vs durcit
83% similar
durcir vs durci
83% similar

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

Key facts for durcir
PropertyValue
Headworddurcir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dyʁ.siʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,135
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « durcir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).durcirse 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 « Dumoulin » (#28,134), « dynamiser » (#28,136), « doctorants » (#28,133). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « durcir » est au #28,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around durcir (IPA \dyʁ.siʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,135 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for durcir, with forms such as "ddurcir", "drucir", and "ducrir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "durer", "durcit", "durci", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is durcir, spelled D-U-R-C-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre dur.
  2. 2
    Faire paraître plus dur.
  3. 3
    Devenir dur.
  4. 4
    Devenir dur, plus dur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La grande chaleur durcit la terre.
  2. — La haine lui durcit le cœur.

Antonyms

adoucir

This word in other languages

harden(English)templar(Español)härten(Deutsch)endurecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddurcir
  • drucir
  • ducrir
  • durccir
  • durcirr
  • durcri
  • duricr
  • durrcir
  • udrcir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durcir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddurcir1drucir2ducrir2durccir1durcirr1durcri2duricr2durrcir1
Edit distance from "durcir"

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 "durcir"?
"durcir" is spelled D-U-R-C-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dyʁ.siʁ\.
What does "durcir" mean?
As a verb, "durcir" means: Rendre dur.
What words are commonly confused with "durcir"?
"durcir" is commonly confused with "durer", "durcit", "durci". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "durcir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durcir" is \dyʁ.siʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durcir" come from?
"durcir" 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 "durcir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

desire#28,129dénuée#28,144Cyrano#28,124exiler#28,165

Similar misspelling depth

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

foutais9 variantsguéris9 variantsbroyer9 variantsGénois9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list