Which to use
“duras” and “dure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,840
- “duras” frequency rank
- #1,912
- “dure” frequency rank
- 25752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duras | dure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cépage donnant du raisin à petits grains noirs. Il est essentiellement cultivé dans la région de Gaillac. | Femme pleine de dureté, insensible ou très sévère. |
Where the eye mixes duras and dure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between duras and dure
A purely visual mix-up. duras (\dy.ʁa\) and dure (\dyʁ\) 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 25752, 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\. dure is at rank #1,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dyʁ\.
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 25752, this pair ranks #339,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of duras vs dure
Shared letters: dru. Private to "duras": as. Private to "dure": e.
"duras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "duras" for "dure" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "duras" or "dure" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "duras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duras" and "dure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dray vs duras". 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 #339,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.