Which to use
“du” is a pronoun and “duas” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,187
- “du” frequency rank
- #188
- “duas” frequency rank
- 5375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | du | duas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | você, tu | feminino de dois/dous; representado pelo símbolo 2 (algarismos indo-arábicos) ou II (algarismos romanos) |
Where the eye mixes du and duas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: du vs duas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: du is /du:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) while duas is /ˈdu.ɐʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “du” sits inside “duas”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
du is recorded at frequency rank #5,187, classified as apron, pronounced /du:/ ouvir^(fonte ?). duas is at rank #188, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈdu.ɐʃ/.
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 5375, this pair ranks #69,251 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of du vs duas
Shared letters: du. Private to "du": -. Private to "duas": as.
"du" · 2 letters · shape CV · "duas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- duas ← daus · dduas · duass · dusa · udas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "du" for "duas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "du" or "duas"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "du" and "duas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "du" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,251 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "du" and "duas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs du". 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 #69,251 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.