# during

> English word · Preposition · IPA /ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #181

## Definitions
1. For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
2. At any time or period within a given time interval.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/during-vs-dying)
- **dyeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/during-vs-dyeing)
- **dusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/during-vs-dusting)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ding-vs-during)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-during)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-during)
- **drink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drink-vs-during)
- **Duran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duran-vs-during)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-during)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-during)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-during)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drying-vs-during)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-during)
- **durant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/durant-vs-during)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doping-vs-during)
- **Durand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/durand-vs-during)
- **Durbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/durbin-vs-during)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozing-vs-during)
- **durian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/durian-vs-during)
- **darling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darling-vs-during)

## Common misspellings (9)
`dduring`, `druing`, `duirng`, `durign`, `duringg`, `durinng`, `durnig`, `durring`, `udring`

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