duro

/[ˈd̪uɾo]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,341

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

duro is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de un material o cosa, que no se puede deformar o rayar sin esfuerzo. Pronounced [ˈd̪uɾo]. It ranks #1,341 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with duty and duros.

Key facts for duro
PropertyValue
Headwordduro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈd̪uɾo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,341
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for duro is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪uɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,341 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for duro, with forms such as "dduro", "druo", and "duor". 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, "duty", "duros", "do", 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 duro, spelled D-U-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de un material o cosa, que no se puede deformar o rayar sin esfuerzo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, rígido, que no se puede doblar fácilmente.
  3. 3
    Difícil de sobrellevar.
  4. 4
    Que no demuestra compasión o sensibilidad.
  5. 5
    Áspero o severo hasta la crueldad.
  6. 6
    Dicho del agua, rica en minerales de calcio.
  7. 7
    Que no cede o cambia de opinión fácilmente.
  8. 8
    Que ha consumido licor u otra sustancia hasta perder control de su coordinación, conciencia o lucidez.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dduro,druo,duor,durro,udro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for duro

Misspelling Variants of "duro"

dduro5druo4duor4durro5udro4
Misspelling Variants of "duro"

Frequency rank: #1,341 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duro"?
"duro" is spelled D-U-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪uɾo].
What does "duro" mean?
As an adj, "duro" means: Dicho de un material o cosa, que no se puede deformar o rayar sin esfuerzo.
What words are commonly confused with "duro"?
"duro" is commonly confused with "duty", "duros", "do". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duro" is [ˈd̪uɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duro" come from?
"duro" 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.