Which to use
“duff” and “durs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,065
- “duff” frequency rank
- #6,699
- “durs” frequency rank
- 40764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duff | durs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pâte à gâteau. | Le bagne. |
Where the eye mixes duff and durs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: duff vs durs
A purely visual mix-up. duff (\dʌf\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duff is recorded at frequency rank #34,065, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʌf\. 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 40764, this pair ranks #238,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of duff vs durs
Shared letters: du. Private to "duff": f. Private to "durs": rs.
"duff" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "durs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "duff" and "durs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "duff" or "durs" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "duff" and "durs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "duff" 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 #238,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duff" and "durs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duff 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 #238,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.