Which to use
“duché” and “ducs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,815
- “duché” frequency rank
- #14,017
- “ducs” frequency rank
- 23832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duché | ducs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seigneurie, principauté à laquelle le titre de duc est attaché. | Pluriel de duc. |
Where the eye mixes duché and ducs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. duché runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against ducs's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: duché vs ducs
A purely visual mix-up. duché (\dy.ʃe\) and ducs (\dyk\) 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 23832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duché is recorded at frequency rank #9,815, classified as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʃe\. ducs is at rank #14,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dyk\.
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 23832, this pair ranks #350,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of duché vs ducs
Shared letters: cdu. Private to "duché": hé. Private to "ducs": s.
"duché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "ducs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ducs ← dcus · dducs · duccs · ducss · dusc · udcs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "duché" and "ducs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "duché" vs "ducs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "duché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ducs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duché" and "ducs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs ducs". 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 #350,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.