Which to use
“dart” and “dure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,097
- “dart” frequency rank
- #1,912
- “dure” frequency rank
- 48009
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dart | dure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de papier de pâte grise. | Femme pleine de dureté, insensible ou très sévère. |
Where the eye mixes dart and dure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. dart (CVCC) and dure (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: dart vs dure
A purely visual mix-up. dart (\daʁ\) and dure (\dyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dart is recorded at frequency rank #46,097, classified as anoun, pronounced \daʁ\. dure is at rank #1,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dyʁ\.
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 48009, this pair ranks #182,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dart vs dure
Shared letters: dr. Private to "dart": at. Private to "dure": eu.
"dart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dart" and "dure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dart" vs "dure" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dart" and "dure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dart" and "dure" 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 #182,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.