durable

[d̪uˈɾaβ̞le]

/[d̪uˈɾaβ̞le]/ adj

The verdict

“durable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,507
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que dura o puede subsistir por bastante tiempo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-durable · durable · Spanish

durable · rank #46,507 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,507
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH Durban

Nearest frequency peer: Durban (+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 “durable”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “durable” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

durable vs durante
71% similar
durable vs duraba
71% similar
durable vs duraban
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for durable
PropertyValue
Headworddurable
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[d̪uˈɾaβ̞le]
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,507
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “durable”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).durablecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Durban” (#46,508), “dátiles” (#46,509), “drenajes” (#46,504). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “durable” va en #46,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around durable (IPA [d̪uˈɾaβ̞le]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,507 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que dura o puede subsistir por bastante tiempo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for durable, with forms such as "ddurable", "druable", and "duarble". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "durante", "duraba", "duraban", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is durable, spelled D-U-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que dura o puede subsistir por bastante tiempo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddurable
  • druable
  • duarble
  • durabble
  • durabel
  • durablle
  • duralbe
  • duravle
  • durbale
  • durrable
  • udrable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddurable1druable2duarble2durabble1durabel2durablle1duralbe2duravle1
Edit distance from "durable"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durable"?
"durable" is spelled D-U-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪uˈɾaβ̞le].
What does "durable" mean?
As an adjective, "durable" means: Que dura o puede subsistir por bastante tiempo.
What words are commonly confused with "durable"?
"durable" is commonly confused with "durante", "duraba", "duraban". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "durable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durable" is [d̪uˈɾaβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durable" come from?
"durable" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list