dura

/[ˈd̪uɾa]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,723

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dura is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino singular de duro. Pronounced [ˈd̪uɾa]. It ranks #1,723 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with duro and duty.

Key facts for dura
PropertyValue
Headworddura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈd̪uɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,723
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dura in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dura is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,723 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino singular de duro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for dura, with forms such as "ddura", "drua", and "duar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dura, spelled D-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de duro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddura,drua,duar,durra,udra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dura

Misspelling Variants of "dura"

ddura5drua4duar4durra5udra4
Misspelling Variants of "dura"

Frequency rank: #1,723 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dura"?
"dura" is spelled D-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪uɾa].
What does "dura" mean?
As an adj, "dura" means: Forma del femenino singular de duro.
What words are commonly confused with "dura"?
"dura" is commonly confused with "duro", "duty", "duros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dura" is [ˈd̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dura" come from?
"dura" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.