dura
[ˈd̪uɾa]
The verdict
“dura” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,723
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de duro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dura · dura · Spanish
dura · rank #1,723 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,723
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dejan
Nearest frequency peer: dejan (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “dura”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- creado
creado
98,281 corpus weight
- decreto
decreto
98,280 corpus weight
- dejan
dejan
98,279 corpus weight
- dura
dura
98,278 corpus weight
- ejecutivo
ejecutivo
98,277 corpus weight
- encontrado
encontrado
98,276 corpus weight
What this shows “dura” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈd̪uɾa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dura”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dura (IPA [ˈd̪uɾa]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,723 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de duro.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dura, with forms such as "ddura", "drua", and "duar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duro", "duty", "duros", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dura, spelled D-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de duro.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddura
- drua
- duar
- durra
- udra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dura - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dura", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).