# dum vs dust

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### dum
*preposition · IPA \dum\ · frequency rank #37,286*
Pendant, durant, pendant que, tandis que.

### dust
*noun · IPA \ˈdʌst\ · frequency rank #48,457*
Poussière.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/dum-vs-dust