Which to use
“durées” and “dureté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,424
- “durées” frequency rank
- #18,464
- “dureté” frequency rank
- 38888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durées | dureté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de durée. | Qualité de ce qui est dur. |
Where the eye mixes durées and dureté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. durées (CVCVVC) and dureté (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: durées vs dureté
A purely visual mix-up. durées (\dy.ʁe\) and dureté (\dyʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
durées is recorded at frequency rank #20,424, classified as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʁe\. dureté is at rank #18,464, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dyʁ.te\.
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 38888, this pair ranks #252,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of durées vs dureté
Shared letters: derué. Private to "durées": s. Private to "dureté": t.
"durées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dureté" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "durées" and "dureté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "durées" or "dureté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "durées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dureté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durées" and "dureté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diurnes vs durées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #252,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.