durante

/[d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]/ prep

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#120

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

durante is aSpanishprep. It means: Indica el transcurso de tiempo en el que ocurre una acción. Pronounced [d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]. It ranks #120 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Dante and Durán.

Key facts for durante
PropertyValue
Headworddurante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#120
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for durante is 7 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #120 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for durante, with forms such as "ddurante", "druante", and "duarnte". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Dante", "Durán", "Duarte", 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 durante, spelled D-U-R-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indica el transcurso de tiempo en el que ocurre una acción.
  2. 2
    Indica la cantidad de tiempo empleado en la acción.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddurante,druante,duarnte,duranet,durannte,durantte,duratne,durnate,durrante,udrante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for durante

Misspelling Variants of "durante"

ddurante8druante7duarnte7duranet7durannte8durantte8duratne7durnate7
Misspelling Variants of "durante"

Frequency rank: #120 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durante"?
"durante" is spelled D-U-R-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e].
What does "durante" mean?
As a prep, "durante" means: Indica el transcurso de tiempo en el que ocurre una acción.
What words are commonly confused with "durante"?
"durante" is commonly confused with "Dante", "Durán", "Duarte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "durante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durante" is [d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durante" come from?
"durante" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.