Which to use
“endure” and “endured” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,328
- “endure” frequency rank
- #13,336
- “endured” frequency rank
- 22664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endure | endured |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. | simple past and past participle of endure |
Where the eye mixes endure and endured
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. endure runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against endured's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: endure vs endured
A purely visual mix-up. endure (/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/) and endured (/ɪnˈdʊɹd/) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “endure” sits inside “endured”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endure is recorded at frequency rank #9,328, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/. endured is at rank #13,336, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈdʊɹd/.
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 22664, this pair ranks #414,905 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of endure vs endured
Shared letters: denru. Private to "endure": -. Private to "endured": -.
"endure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "endured" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "endure" for "endured" ever safe?
Frequency check: "endure" vs "endured" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "endure" and "endured" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "endure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "endured" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,905 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endure" and "endured" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endeared vs endured". 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 #414,905 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.