Which to use
“durait” and “durerait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,523
- “durait” frequency rank
- #41,745
- “durerait” frequency rank
- 70268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durait | durerait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de durer. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de durer. |
Where the eye mixes durait and durerait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. durait runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against durerait's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between durait and durerait
A purely visual mix-up. durait (\dy.ʁɛ\) and durerait (\dy.ʁə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70268, 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\. durerait is at rank #41,745, tagged as averb, pronounced \dy.ʁə.ʁɛ\.
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 70268, this pair ranks #52,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of durait vs durerait
Shared letters: adirtu. Private to "durait": -. Private to "durerait": e.
"durait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "durerait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "durait" for "durerait" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "durait" and "durerait" 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 "durerait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durait" and "durerait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "durerait vs dureront". 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 #52,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.