Which to use
“dólar” is a noun and “durar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,412
- “dólar” frequency rank
- #5,293
- “durar” frequency rank
- 10705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dólar | durar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unidade monetária de diversos países, dentre os quais, os Estados Unidos e Canadá | não se gastar; |
Where the eye mixes dólar and durar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dólar and durar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dólar vs durar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dólar is /ˈdɔ.laɾ/ while durar is /du.ˈɾaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dólar is recorded at frequency rank #5,412, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɔ.laɾ/. durar is at rank #5,293, tagged as averb, pronounced /du.ˈɾaɾ/.
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 10705, this pair ranks #62,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dólar vs durar
Shared letters: adr. Private to "dólar": ló. Private to "durar": u.
"dólar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "durar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- durar ← ddurar · druar · duarr · durarr · durrar · udrar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dólar" for "durar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dólar" or "durar"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dólar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dólar" and "durar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dólar vs doula". 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 #62,322 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.