dur vs DV, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“dur” is an adjective and “DV” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#940
“dur” frequency rank: #37,287
“DV” frequency rank: 38227
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dur	DV
Definition	Ferme ; difficile à pénétrer ou à entamer.	Déficient visuel, déficiente visuelle (personne qui voit mal).

Letter map: dur vs DV

Shared letters muted; letters that set dur and DV apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

dur

2 ch

Role in the sentence - dur and DV

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dur is anadjective and DVanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dur is recorded at frequency rank #940, classified as anadj, pronounced \dyʁ\. DV is at rank #37,287, tagged as anoun.

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 38227, this pair ranks #256,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dur vs DV

Shared letters: d. Private to "dur": ru. Private to "DV": v.

"dur" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "DV" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dur" and "DV" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dur" is an adjective and "DV" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "dur" vs "DV" - which ranks higher?

"dur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #940 in our French list, against #37,287 for "DV". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dur" and "DV".

Full dictionary entry for "dur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "DV" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #256,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dur" and "DV" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs DV". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #256,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.