dura vs duty, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“dura” and “duty” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,319
“dura” frequency rank: #24,304
“duty” frequency rank: 26623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dura	duty
Definition	o mesmo que duração ('qualidade do que dura')	dever; obrigação

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dura and duty apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

dura

4 ch

duty

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

dura and duty are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dura is recorded at frequency rank #2,319, classified as anoun. duty is at rank #24,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdjuːti/ (UK); /duːti/ (US).

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 26623, this pair ranks #42,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dura vs duty

Shared letters: du. Private to "dura": ar. Private to "duty": ty.

"dura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "duty" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

dura ← ddura · drua · duar · durra · udra
duty ← dduty · dtuy · dutty · dutyy · duyt · udty

Frequency comparison

dura#2,319

duty#24,304

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dura" and "duty" be used interchangeably?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "dura" or "duty"?

"dura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,319 in our Portuguese list, against #24,304 for "duty". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering dura vs duty

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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