Which to use
“duras” and “durées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,840
- “duras” frequency rank
- #20,424
- “durées” frequency rank
- 44264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duras | durées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cépage donnant du raisin à petits grains noirs. Il est essentiellement cultivé dans la région de Gaillac. | Pluriel de durée. |
Where the eye mixes duras and durées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. duras runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against durées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: duras vs durées
A purely visual mix-up. duras (\dy.ʁa\) and durées (\dy.ʁe\) 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 44264, 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\. durées is at rank #20,424, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁe\.
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 44264, this pair ranks #211,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of duras vs durées
Shared letters: drsu. Private to "duras": a. Private to "durées": eé.
"duras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "durées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- duras ← dduras · druas · duars · durass · durras · dursa · udras
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "duras" and "durées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "duras" vs "durées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "duras" and "durées" 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 "durées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duras" and "durées" 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 #211,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.