Which to use
“done” and “dure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,986
- “done” frequency rank
- #1,912
- “dure” frequency rank
- 22898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | done | dure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demoiselle, jeune dame, parfois opposé à dame. | Femme pleine de dureté, insensible ou très sévère. |
Letter map: done vs dure
Shared letters muted; letters that set done and dure apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: done and dure
done and dure 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
done is recorded at frequency rank #20,986, classified as anoun. 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 22898, this pair ranks #355,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of done vs dure
Shared letters: de. Private to "done": no. Private to "dure": ru.
"done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "done" and "dure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "done" vs "dure" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "done" and "dure".
- Full dictionary entry for "done" 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 #355,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "done" and "dure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs done". 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 #355,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.