Which to use
“dorme” is a verb and “durée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,132
- “dorme” frequency rank
- #1,025
- “durée” frequency rank
- 31157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorme | durée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dormir. | Espace de temps pendant lequel une chose dure. |
Where the eye mixes dorme and durée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dorme and durée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dorme is \dɔʁm\ while durée is \dy.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dorme is recorded at frequency rank #30,132, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔʁm\. durée is at rank #1,025, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁe\.
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 31157, this pair ranks #305,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dorme vs durée
Shared letters: der. Private to "dorme": mo. Private to "durée": ué.
"dorme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "durée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dorme ← ddorme · domre · dorem · dormme · dorrme · drome · odrme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dorme" and "durée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dorme" vs "durée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dorme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorme" and "durée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs dorme". 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 #305,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.