dur
[ˈdu]
The verdict
“dur” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,196 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,196
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dur · dur · Spanish
dur · rank #59,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,196
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH draw
Nearest frequency peer: draw (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “dur”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- divirtió
divirtió
40,809 corpus weight
- dolarización
dolarización
40,808 corpus weight
- draw
draw
40,806 corpus weight
- dur
dur
40,805 corpus weight
- duérmete
duérmete
40,804 corpus weight
- Eder
Eder
40,803 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dur” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dur |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdu] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dur” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dur is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,196 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Duro.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is dur, spelled D-U-R.
Definition
- 1Duro.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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