# docu vs dour

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### docu
*noun · IPA \dɔ.ky\ · frequency rank #28,920*
Documentaire.

### dour
*adjective · IPA \ˈdʊə(ɹ)\ · frequency rank #44,426*
Austère, dur, inhospitalier.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/docu-vs-dour