Which to use
“durait” and “durci” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,523
- “durait” frequency rank
- #37,770
- “durci” frequency rank
- 66293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durait | durci |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de durer. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe durcir. |
Where the eye mixes durait and durci
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. durait runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against durci's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: durait vs durci
A purely visual mix-up. durait (\dy.ʁɛ\) and durci (\dyʁ.si\) 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 66293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
durait is recorded at frequency rank #28,523, classified as averb, pronounced \dy.ʁɛ\. durci is at rank #37,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \dyʁ.si\.
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 66293, this pair ranks #68,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of durait vs durci
Shared letters: diru. Private to "durait": at. Private to "durci": c.
"durait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "durci" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "durait" and "durci" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "durait" vs "durci" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "durait" and "durci" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "durait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durci" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durait" and "durci" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs durci". 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 #68,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.