endurance

\ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“endurance” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,779 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#12,779
frequency rank, French
9
letters
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faculté, force d’endurer la fatigue physique, les privations.

Key facts for endurance
PropertyValue
Headwordendurance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,779
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “endurance” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). endurance lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for endurance is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,779 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Faculté, force d’endurer la fatigue physique, les privations.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for endurance, with forms such as "ednurance", "enddurance", and "endruance". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is endurance, spelled E-N-D-U-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté, force d’endurer la fatigue physique, les privations.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ednurance,enddurance,endruance,enduarnce,enduracne,endurancce,enduranec,endurannce,endurnace,endurrance,enndurance,enudrance,nedurance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ednurance2enddurance1endruance2enduarnce2enduracne2endurancce1enduranec2endurannce1
Edit distance from "endurance"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "endurance"?
"endurance" is spelled E-N-D-U-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "endurance" mean?
As a noun, "endurance" means: Faculté, force d’endurer la fatigue physique, les privations.
What are common misspellings of "endurance"?
Common misspellings include "ednurance", "enddurance", "endruance", "enduarnce", "enduracne". The correct spelling is "endurance".
How do you pronounce "endurance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "endurance" is \ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "endurance" come from?
"endurance" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “endurance”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-N-D-U-R-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɑ̃.dy.ʁɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list