Which to use
“Drs” and “durs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,556
- “Drs” frequency rank
- #6,699
- “durs” frequency rank
- 52255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Drs | durs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de Dr ou Dʳ. | Le bagne. |
Where the eye mixes Drs and durs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Drs runs 3 letters (CCC) against durs's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Drs vs durs
A purely visual mix-up. Drs (\dɔk.tœʁ\) and durs (\dyʁ\) 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 52255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Drs is recorded at frequency rank #45,556, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔk.tœʁ\. 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 52255, this pair ranks #148,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Drs vs durs
Shared letters: drs. Private to "Drs": -. Private to "durs": u.
"Drs" · 3 letters · shape CCC · "durs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- durs ← ddurs · drus · durrs · durss · dusr · udrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Drs" and "durs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Drs" or "durs" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Drs" and "durs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Drs" 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 #148,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Drs" and "durs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dray vs Drs". 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 #148,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.