# doom vs dour

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### doom
*noun · IPA \duːm\ · frequency rank #27,774*
Ruine.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/doom-vs-dour