duro
The verdict
“duro” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,070
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - difícil de quebrar ou de desfazer
Corpus desk
Index PT-duro · duro · Portuguese
duro · rank #3,070 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,070
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH entregue
Nearest frequency peer: entregue (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “duro”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- definitivam…
definitivamente
96,934 corpus weight
- dever
dever
96,933 corpus weight
- duro
duro
96,931 corpus weight
- entregue
entregue
96,930 corpus weight
- equipamento
equipamento
96,929 corpus weight
- europeus
europeus
96,928 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “duro” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | duro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “duro” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around duro, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,070 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for duro, with forms such as "dduro", "druo", and "duor". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duty", "duto", "do", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is duro, spelled D-U-R-O.
Definition
- 1difícil de quebrar ou de desfazer
- 2rijo
- 3sem dinheiro
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Não posso te ajudar, estou duro.
Na época, eu lembro, quebraram a economia, fiquei duro, tempos difíceis, gastei até o último tostão no pagamento das dívidas, e da empresa não sobrou nem uma tampinha de caneta para contar história.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dduro
- druo
- duor
- durro
- udro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "duro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.