Which to use
“dunk” and “duos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,992
- “dunk” frequency rank
- #25,286
- “duos” frequency rank
- 70278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dunk | duos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Désigne un smash au jeu de basket. | Pluriel de duo. |
Where the eye mixes dunk and duos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dunk and duos
A purely visual mix-up. dunk (\dœŋk\) and duos (\dɥo\) 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 70278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dunk is recorded at frequency rank #44,992, classified as anoun, pronounced \dœŋk\. duos is at rank #25,286, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɥo\.
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 70278, this pair ranks #51,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dunk vs duos
Shared letters: du. Private to "dunk": kn. Private to "duos": os.
"dunk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "duos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dunk" and "duos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dunk" or "duos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dunk" and "duos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dunk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dunk" and "duos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drunk vs dunk". 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 #51,961 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.