duraron
[d̪uˈɾaɾõn]
The verdict
“duraron” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,034 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #23,034
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de durar.
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 | duraron |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪uˈɾaɾõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “duraron” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for duraron is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪uˈɾaɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,034 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de durar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for duraron, with forms such as "dduraron", "druaron", and "duarron". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "durar", "Durán", "dragón", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is duraron, spelled D-U-R-A-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de durar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dduraron,druaron,duarron,duraorn,durarno,duraronn,durarron,durraon,durraron,udraron
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duraron - 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.
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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Using “duraron”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-U-R-A-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪uˈɾaɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “durar” - see the side-by-side comparison. duraron vs durar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.