datées vs durées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“datées” is a verb and “durées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,973
“datées” frequency rank: #20,424
“durées” frequency rank: 51397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	datées	durées
Definition	Participe passé féminin pluriel de dater.	Pluriel de durée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set datées and durées apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

datées

6 ch

durées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: datées is \da.te\ while durées is \dy.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

datées is recorded at frequency rank #30,973, classified as averb, pronounced \da.te\. durées is at rank #20,424, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁe\.

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 51397, this pair ranks #155,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of datées vs durées

Shared letters: desé. Private to "datées": at. Private to "durées": ru.

"datées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "durées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequency comparison

datées#30,973

durées#20,424

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "datées" and "durées" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "datées" is a verb and "durées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "datées" or "durées"?

"durées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,424 in our French list, against #30,973 for "datées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering datées vs durées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “datées”; for a noun, it's “durées”.
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