Which to use
“dure” is a noun and “durera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,912
- “dure” frequency rank
- #12,553
- “durera” frequency rank
- 14465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dure | durera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme pleine de dureté, insensible ou très sévère. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de durer. |
Where the eye mixes dure and durera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dure runs 4 letters (CVCV) against durera's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dure and durera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dure is \dyʁ\ while durera is \dy.ʁə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “dure” sits inside “durera”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dure is recorded at frequency rank #1,912, classified as anoun, pronounced \dyʁ\. durera is at rank #12,553, tagged as averb, pronounced \dy.ʁə.ʁa\.
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 14465, this pair ranks #396,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dure vs durera
Shared letters: deru. Private to "dure": -. Private to "durera": a.
"dure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "durera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dure" for "durera" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "dure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dure" and "durera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "durera vs durerait". 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 #396,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.