dasvsdurasConfusable pair

Which to use

“das” and “duras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,761
“das” frequency rank
#23,840
“duras” frequency rank
36601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature das duras
Definition Sida. Cépage donnant du raisin à petits grains noirs. Il est essentiellement cultivé dans la région de Gaillac.

Letter map: das vs duras

Shared letters muted; letters that set das and duras apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
das
5 ch
duras

Corpus notes: das and duras

das and duras are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

das is recorded at frequency rank #12,761, classified as anoun. duras is at rank #23,840, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁa\.

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 36601, this pair ranks #268,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of das vs duras

Shared letters: ads. Private to "das": -. Private to "duras": ru.

"das" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "duras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • durasdduras · druas · duars · durass · durras · dursa · udras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "das" for "duras" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "das" vs "duras" - which ranks higher?
"das" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,761 in our French list, against #23,840 for "duras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "das" and "duras".

  • Full dictionary entry for "das" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "duras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "das" and "duras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dray vs duras". 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 #268,443 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list