Which to use
“du” is a pronoun and “dura” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,187
- “du” frequency rank
- #2,319
- “dura” frequency rank
- 7506
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | du | dura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | você, tu | o mesmo que duração ('qualidade do que dura') |
Letter map: du vs dura
Shared letters muted; letters that set du and dura apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. du runs 2 letters (CV) against dura's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for du / dura
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: du is apronoun and duraanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “du” sits inside “dura”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7506, 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 ?). dura is at rank #2,319, tagged as anoun.
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 7506, this pair ranks #66,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of du vs dura
Shared letters: du. Private to "du": -. Private to "dura": ar.
"du" · 2 letters · shape CV · "dura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dura ← ddura · drua · duar · durra · udra
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "du" and "dura". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "du" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "du" and "dura" 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 #66,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.