Which to use
“duos” and “duras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,286
- “duos” frequency rank
- #23,840
- “duras” frequency rank
- 49126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duos | duras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de duo. | Cépage donnant du raisin à petits grains noirs. Il est essentiellement cultivé dans la région de Gaillac. |
Where the eye mixes duos and duras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses duos with duras
A purely visual mix-up. duos (\dɥo\) and duras (\dy.ʁa\) 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 49126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duos is recorded at frequency rank #25,286, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɥo\. duras is at rank #23,840, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁa\.
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 49126, this pair ranks #173,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of duos vs duras
Shared letters: dsu. Private to "duos": o. Private to "duras": ar.
"duos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "duras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "duos" for "duras" ever safe?
Frequency check: "duos" vs "duras" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "duos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duos" and "duras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duos 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 #173,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.