Which to use
“daube” and “dure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,720
- “daube” frequency rank
- #1,912
- “dure” frequency rank
- 31632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daube | dure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de préparer certaines viandes avec un assaisonnement particulier et de les cuire à l’étouffée à très petit feu. | Femme pleine de dureté, insensible ou très sévère. |
Where the eye mixes daube and dure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between daube and dure
A purely visual mix-up. daube (\dob\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daube is recorded at frequency rank #29,720, classified as anoun, pronounced \dob\. 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 31632, this pair ranks #302,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of daube vs dure
Shared letters: deu. Private to "daube": ab. Private to "dure": r.
"daube" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "dure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "daube" and "dure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "daube" vs "dure" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "daube" 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 #302,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daube" and "dure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dabo vs daube". 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 #302,590 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.