Which to use
“duras” is a noun and “durci” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,840
- “duras” frequency rank
- #37,770
- “durci” frequency rank
- 61610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duras | durci |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cépage donnant du raisin à petits grains noirs. Il est essentiellement cultivé dans la région de Gaillac. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe durcir. |
Where the eye mixes duras and durci
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: duras vs durci
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: duras is \dy.ʁa\ while durci is \dyʁ.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duras is recorded at frequency rank #23,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁa\. 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 61610, this pair ranks #91,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of duras vs durci
Shared letters: dru. Private to "duras": as. Private to "durci": ci.
"duras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "durci" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "duras" for "durci" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "duras" or "durci" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "duras" and "durci" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "duras" 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 #91,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duras" 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 #91,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.