durable
/ˈdʊɹəbəl/adjective, noun
durable is spelled D-U-R-A-B-L-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, durable means “Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in durable?
| Letters | 7: D-U-R-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is durable?
Durable appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce durable?
- US /ˈdʊɹəbəl/
- UK /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
- British /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/
Durable has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-durable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of durable
- more durable comparative
- most durable superlative
- durables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does durable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
Near-synonyms: persistent, long-lasting, lasting, hard-wearing; see also Thesaurus:lasting
noun
- 1
A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Durable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to resist wear; enduring:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | durable |
| German | strapazierfähig, haltbar, dauerhaft |
| Portuguese | duradouro, duradoiro, durável |
| Spanish | durable |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does durable come from?
From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).