Which to use
“darcy” and “dart” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,688
- “darcy” frequency rank
- #46,097
- “dart” frequency rank
- 72785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | darcy | dart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de la perméabilité d'un milieu poreux. | Sorte de papier de pâte grise. |
Where the eye mixes darcy and dart
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. darcy runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against dart's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses darcy with dart
A purely visual mix-up. darcy (\daʁ.si\) and dart (\daʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
darcy is recorded at frequency rank #26,688, classified as anoun, pronounced \daʁ.si\. dart is at rank #46,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced \daʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 72785, this pair ranks #42,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of darcy vs dart
Shared letters: adr. Private to "darcy": cy. Private to "dart": t.
"darcy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "darcy" for "dart" ever safe?
Frequency check: "darcy" vs "dart" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "darcy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "darcy" and "dart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dart vs dust". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #42,782 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.