# duration

> English word · Noun · IPA /dʒʊˈɹeɪʃn̩/ · frequency rank #5,676

## Definitions
1. An amount of time or a particular time interval.
2. The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
3. A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

## Etymology
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.

## Easily confused with
- **donation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donation-vs-duration)
- **dilation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dilation-vs-duration)

## Common misspellings (12)
`dduration`, `druation`, `duartion`, `duraiton`, `durasion`, `duratino`, `durationn`, `duratoin`, `durattion`, `durration`, `durtaion`, `udration`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/duration