durar

//du.ˈɾaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,293

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

durar is aPortugueseverb. It means: não se gastar; Pronounced /du.ˈɾaɾ/. It ranks #5,293 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with duro and dar.

Key facts for durar
PropertyValue
Headworddurar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/du.ˈɾaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,293
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for durar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /du.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,293 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for durar, with forms such as "ddurar", "druar", and "duarr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "duro", "dar", "dua", 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 Portuguese form is durar, spelled D-U-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    não se gastar;
  2. 2
    resistir;
  3. 3
    conservar-se no mesmo estado.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddurar,druar,duarr,durarr,durrar,udrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for durar

Misspelling Variants of "durar"

ddurar6druar5duarr5durarr6durrar6udrar5
Misspelling Variants of "durar"

Frequency rank: #5,293 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durar"?
"durar" is spelled D-U-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /du.ˈɾaɾ/.
What does "durar" mean?
As a verb, "durar" means: não se gastar;
What words are commonly confused with "durar"?
"durar" is commonly confused with "duro", "dar", "dua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "durar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durar" is /du.ˈɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durar" come from?
"durar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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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.