Which to use
“dorés” and “dures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,260
- “dorés” frequency rank
- #10,690
- “dures” frequency rank
- 29950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorés | dures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de doré. | Féminin pluriel de dur. |
Where the eye mixes dorés and dures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dorés and dures follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dorés vs dures
A purely visual mix-up. dorés (\dɔ.ʁe\) and dures (\dyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dorés is recorded at frequency rank #19,260, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.ʁe\. dures is at rank #10,690, tagged as anadj, 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 29950, this pair ranks #313,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dorés vs dures
Shared letters: drs. Private to "dorés": oé. Private to "dures": eu.
"dorés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dures" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dures ← ddures · drues · duers · duress · durres · durse · udres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dorés" and "dures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dorés" or "dures" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dorés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorés" and "dures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dorés vs douées". 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 #313,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.