durante

[d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]

/[d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]/ prep

The verdict

“durante” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#120
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indica el transcurso de tiempo en el que ocurre una acción.

Corpus desk

Index ES-durante · durante · Spanish

durante · rank #120 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #120
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH trabajo

Nearest frequency peer: trabajo (-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 “durante”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “durante” 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).

durante vs Dante
57% similar
durante vs Durán
43% similar
durante vs Duarte
57% similar

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

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “durante”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).durantecae 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 “trabajo” (#119), “ellos” (#121), “tener” (#118). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “durante” va en #120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around durante (IPA [d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #120 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for durante, with forms such as "ddurante", "druante", and "duarnte". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Dante", "Durán", "Duarte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is durante, spelled D-U-R-A-N-T-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how durante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «El robo fue durante la noche».
  2. «Se quedaron varadas en la carretera durante la noche».

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddurante
  • druante
  • duarnte
  • duranet
  • durannte
  • durantte
  • duratne
  • durnate
  • durrante
  • udrante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durante - 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.

ddurante1druante2duarnte2duranet2durannte1durantte1duratne2durnate2
Edit distance from "durante"

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 "durante"?
"durante" is spelled D-U-R-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪uˈɾãn̪t̪e].
What does "durante" mean?
As a preposition, "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durante", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list