Which to use
“dr” is a symbol and “durs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,995
- “dr” frequency rank
- #6,699
- “durs” frequency rank
- 8694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dr | durs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Symbole du drachme (dram), unité de mesure de masse ou de volume anglo-saxonne. | Le bagne. |
Letter map: dr vs durs
Shared letters muted; letters that set dr and durs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for dr / durs
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dr is asymbol and dursanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dr is recorded at frequency rank #1,995, classified as asymbol. durs is at rank #6,699, 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 8694, this pair ranks #419,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dr vs durs
Shared letters: dr. Private to "dr": -. Private to "durs": su.
"dr" · 2 letters · shape CC · "durs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- durs ← ddurs · drus · durrs · durss · dusr · udrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dr" for "durs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dr" or "durs" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dr" and "durs".
- Full dictionary entry for "dr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dr" and "durs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "durs vs dust". 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 #419,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.