Which to use
“duras” and “durs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,840
- “duras” frequency rank
- #6,699
- “durs” frequency rank
- 30539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duras | durs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cépage donnant du raisin à petits grains noirs. Il est essentiellement cultivé dans la région de Gaillac. | Le bagne. |
Where the eye mixes duras and durs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: duras vs durs
A purely visual mix-up. duras (\dy.ʁa\) and durs (\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 30539, 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\. durs is at rank #6,699, 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 30539, this pair ranks #309,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of duras vs durs
Shared letters: drsu. Private to "duras": a. Private to "durs": -.
"duras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "durs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "duras" and "durs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "duras" vs "durs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "duras" and "durs" 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 "durs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duras" and "durs" 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 #309,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.