Which to use
“duché” and “duke” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,815
- “duché” frequency rank
- #15,358
- “duke” frequency rank
- 25173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duché | duke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Seigneurie, principauté à laquelle le titre de duc est attaché. | Duc. |
Where the eye mixes duché and duke
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. duché runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against duke's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between duché and duke
A purely visual mix-up. duché (\dy.ʃe\) and duke (\djuːk\) 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 25173, 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\. duke is at rank #15,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced \djuːk\.
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 25173, this pair ranks #342,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of duché vs duke
Shared letters: du. Private to "duché": ché. Private to "duke": ek.
"duché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "duke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- duke ← dduke · dkue · duek · dukke · udke
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "duché" and "duke" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "duché" or "duke"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "duché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duché" and "duke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duke 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 #342,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.