Which to use
“douter” and “durer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,445
- “douter” frequency rank
- #4,566
- “durer” frequency rank
- 10011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | douter | durer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être dans l’incertitude, n’être pas sûr. | Continuer d’être, se prolonger. |
Where the eye mixes douter and durer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. douter (\du.te\) and durer (\dy.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
douter is recorded at frequency rank #5,445, classified as averb, pronounced \du.te\. durer is at rank #4,566, tagged as averb, 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 10011, this pair ranks #414,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of douter vs durer
Shared letters: deru. Private to "douter": ot. Private to "durer": -.
"douter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "durer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC