Which to use
“durées” and “durs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,424
- “durées” frequency rank
- #6,699
- “durs” frequency rank
- 27123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durées | durs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de durée. | Le bagne. |
Where the eye mixes durées and durs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. durées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against durs's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between durées and durs
A purely visual mix-up. durées (\dy.ʁe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27123, 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\. 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 27123, this pair ranks #330,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of durées vs durs
Shared letters: drsu. Private to "durées": eé. Private to "durs": -.
"durées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "durs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- durs ← ddurs · drus · durrs · durss · dusr · udrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "durées" for "durs" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "durées" and "durs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "durées" 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 #330,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durées" and "durs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diurnes vs durées". 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 #330,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.