Durham

\ˈdʌ.ɹəm\

/\ˈdʌ.ɹəm\/ name

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The verdict

“Durham” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,933
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comté et autorité unitaire d’Angleterre situé dans la région d’Angleterre du Nord-Est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-durham · Durham · French

Durham · rank #31,933 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,933
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dynasties

Nearest frequency peer: dynasties (+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 « Durham »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Durham » 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).

Durham vs dream
50% similar
Durham vs duras
50% similar
Durham vs Duran
67% similar

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

Key facts for Durham
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurham
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈdʌ.ɹəm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,933
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Durham »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Durhamse 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 « dynasties » (#31,934), « Drouot » (#31,931), « décroissant » (#31,935). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Durham » est au #31,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Durham (IPA \ˈdʌ.ɹəm\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,933 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Durham, with forms such as "ddurham", "druham", and "duhram". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dream", "duras", "Duran", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Durham, spelled D-U-R-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comté et autorité unitaire d’Angleterre situé dans la région d’Angleterre du Nord-Est.
  2. 2
    Capitale et ville principale de ce comté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddurham
  • druham
  • duhram
  • durahm
  • durhamm
  • durhham
  • durhma
  • durrham
  • udrham

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Durham - 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.

ddurham1druham2duhram2durahm2durhamm1durhham1durhma2durrham1
Edit distance from "Durham"

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 "Durham"?
"Durham" is spelled D-U-R-H-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdʌ.ɹəm\.
What does "Durham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Durham" means: Comté et autorité unitaire d’Angleterre situé dans la région d’Angleterre du Nord-Est.
What words are commonly confused with "Durham"?
"Durham" is commonly confused with "dream", "duras", "Duran". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Durham"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durham" is \ˈdʌ.ɹəm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durham" come from?
"Durham" 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 "Durham", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Drouot#31,931doucet#31,929dispos#31,923Edmund#31,945

Similar misspelling depth

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

côtier9 variantsflashs9 variantsCoralie9 variantsconcis9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list