# endure

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #9,328

## Definitions
1. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
2. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
3. To last.
4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
5. To suffer patiently.
6. To indurate.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Italic *dūros
Latin dūrūs
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin dūrō
Latin indūrō
Latin indūrāreder.
Old French endurerbor.
Middle English enduren
English endure
From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure.

## Easily confused with
- **ensue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-ensue)
- **entre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-entre)
- **entire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-entire)
- **ensure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-ensure)
- **endured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-endured)
- **enquire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-enquire)
- **ender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ender-vs-endure)
- **encore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-endure)
- **Enders** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enders-vs-endure)
- **endorse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endorse-vs-endure)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ednure`, `enddure`, `endrue`, `enduer`, `endurre`, `enndure`, `enudre`, `nedure`

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