dura
The verdict
“dura” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,319
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que duração ('qualidade do que dura')
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 | dura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dura” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dura, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,319 among 2,399 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "o mesmo que duração ('qualidade do que dura')".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dura, with forms such as "ddura", "drua", and "duar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duro", "duty", "duto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dura, spelled D-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que duração ('qualidade do que dura')
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddura
- drua
- duar
- durra
- udra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dura - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “duro” - see the side-by-side comparison. dura vs duro
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.