nondurable

adj

"nondurable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nondurable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nondurable · nondurable · English

nondurable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for nondurable
PropertyValue
Headwordnondurable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nondurable” in English

nondurablesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nondurable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nondurable, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + durable. The correct English form is nondurable, spelled N-O-N-D-U-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how nondurable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Demand for nondurable goods, products like food, paper and petroleum, fell by 4.8 percent in December after an 8.7 percent fall in November.

Etymology

From non- + durable.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nondurable"?
"nondurable" is spelled N-O-N-D-U-R-A-B-L-E.
What does "nondurable" mean?
As an adjective, "nondurable" means: Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year.
What is the origin of the word "nondurable"?
From non- + durable. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list