Which to use
“dua” and “durar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,112
- “dua” frequency rank
- #5,293
- “durar” frequency rank
- 44405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dua | durar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | querer | não se gastar; |
Where the eye mixes dua and durar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dua runs 3 letters (CVV) against durar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dua vs durar
A purely visual mix-up. dua (/ˈdwa/) and durar (/du.ˈɾaɾ/) 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 44405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dua is recorded at frequency rank #39,112, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdwa/. 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 44405, this pair ranks #21,089 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dua vs durar
Shared letters: adu. Private to "dua": -. Private to "durar": r.
"dua" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "durar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- durar ← ddurar · druar · duarr · durarr · durrar · udrar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dua" for "durar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dua" or "durar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dua" and "durar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dua" 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 #21,089 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dua" and "durar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dua". 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 #21,089 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.