Which to use
“durci” and “durcit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,770
- “durci” frequency rank
- #34,066
- “durcit” frequency rank
- 71836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durci | durcit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe durcir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de durcir. |
Same sound, different letters: durci vs durcit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. durci runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against durcit's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - durci / durcit
This is the hard kind. durci and durcit are pronounced identically (\dyʁ.si\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “durci” sits inside “durcit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
durci is recorded at frequency rank #37,770, classified as averb, pronounced \dyʁ.si\. durcit is at rank #34,066, 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 71836, this pair ranks #46,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of durci vs durcit
Shared letters: cdiru. Private to "durci": -. Private to "durcit": t.
"durci" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "durcit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "durci" and "durcit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "durci" or "durcit" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "durci" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durcit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durci" and "durcit" 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 #46,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.