Which to use
“duchés” and “ducks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,757
- “duchés” frequency rank
- #34,503
- “ducks” frequency rank
- 74260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duchés | ducks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de duché. | Pluriel de duck. |
Where the eye mixes duchés and ducks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. duchés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against ducks's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: duchés vs ducks
A purely visual mix-up. duchés (\dy.ʃe\) and ducks (\ˈdʌks\) 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 74260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duchés is recorded at frequency rank #39,757, classified as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʃe\. ducks is at rank #34,503, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdʌks\.
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 74260, this pair ranks #37,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of duchés vs ducks
Shared letters: cdsu. Private to "duchés": hé. Private to "ducks": k.
"duchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "ducks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ducks ← dcuks · dducks · duccks · duckks · duckss · ducsk · dukcs · udcks
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "duchés" and "ducks" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "duchés" or "ducks" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "duchés" and "ducks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "duchés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ducks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duchés" and "ducks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs duchés". 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 #37,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.