during
dur·ing/ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/preposition, verb
during is spelled D-U-R-I-N-G, 2 syllables: dur·ing. The wrong spelling people search most is durring: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 12 of all searches for the word. During is a preposition meaning “For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending”.
How many letters and syllables are in during?
| Letters | 6: D-U-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dur·ing |
| In writing | 525 times per million words; the 184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 4; the most searched, durring, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell during?
During is spelled D-U-R-I-N-G. 4 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for during in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is during?
During appears 525 times per million words in written English, the 184th 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 during?
- /ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/
- /ˈdjɔː.ɹɪŋ/
- /ˈd͡ʒʊə.ɹɪŋ/
During has 2 syllables, split dur·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-during.ogg, En-us-during.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of during
- dureing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does during mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
preposition
- 1
For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
I lived with my parents during the 1970s.
- 2
At any time or period within a given time interval or while a given event is ongoing.
I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
During in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | durant, pendant, au cours de |
| German | während, unter , in |
| Portuguese | durante |
| Spanish | durante, a lo largo de |
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 during come from?
From Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure + -ing. Compare Dutch gedurende (“during”). More at dure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).