durus
The verdict
“durus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dur, rude, âpre au toucher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durus · durus · French
durus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « durus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
durus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for durus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is durus, spelled D-U-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Dur, rude, âpre au toucher.
- 2Âpre (au goût, à l'oreille), criard, perçant, désagréable à entendre.
- 3Grossier, sans art.
- 4Dur à la fatigue, endurant, belliqueux, robuste.
- 5Dur, rigoureux, sévère, cruel, insensible.
- 6Impudent.
- 7Difficile, pénible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
durus Ulysses
durior judex
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.