durante

//du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ// prep

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#133

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

durante is aPortugueseprep. It means: indica tempo claramente específico, já decorrido ou não, e com complemento no singular Pronounced /du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/. It ranks #133 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with diante and durant.

Key facts for durante
PropertyValue
Headworddurante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPrep
IPA/du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#133
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of durante in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for durante is 7 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #133 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for durante, with forms such as "ddurante", "druante", and "duarnte". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "diante", "durant", 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 Portuguese form is durante, spelled D-U-R-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    indica tempo claramente específico, já decorrido ou não, e com complemento no singular
  2. 2
    indica tempo indefinido, já decorrido ou não, com complemento no plural
  3. 3
    indica período de tempo não decorrido totalmente, com relação a determinado fato, em circunstâncias passadas ou futuras

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddurante,druante,duarnte,duranet,durannte,durantte,duratne,durnate,durrante,udrante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for durante

Misspelling Variants of "durante"

ddurante8druante7duarnte7duranet7durannte8durantte8duratne7durnate7
Misspelling Variants of "durante"

Frequency rank: #133 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durante"?
"durante" is spelled D-U-R-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/.
What does "durante" mean?
As a prep, "durante" means: indica tempo claramente específico, já decorrido ou não, e com complemento no singular
What words are commonly confused with "durante"?
"durante" is commonly confused with "diante", "durant". 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 /du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/. 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 Portuguese 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.