Which to use
“Duarte” is a name and “durée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,991
- “Duarte” frequency rank
- #1,025
- “durée” frequency rank
- 46016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Duarte | durée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Espace de temps pendant lequel une chose dure. |
Letter map: Duarte vs durée
Shared letters muted; letters that set Duarte and durée apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Duarte runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against durée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Duarte / durée
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Duarte is aname and duréeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Duarte is recorded at frequency rank #44,991, classified as aname. 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 46016, this pair ranks #198,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Duarte vs durée
Shared letters: deru. Private to "Duarte": at. Private to "durée": é.
"Duarte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "durée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Duarte ← daurte · dduarte · duaret · duarrte · duartte · duatre · durate · udarte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Duarte" and "durée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Duarte" or "durée"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Duarte" and "durée".
- Full dictionary entry for "Duarte" 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 #198,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Duarte" and "durée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dart vs Duarte". 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 #198,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.