Which to use
“durant” and “durante” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,743
- “durant” frequency rank
- #133
- “durante” frequency rank
- 31876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durant | durante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | durante | indica tempo claramente específico, já decorrido ou não, e com complemento no singular |
Where the eye mixes durant and durante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. durant runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against durante's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: durant vs durante
A purely visual mix-up. durant (\dy.ʁɑ̃\) and durante (/du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “durant” sits inside “durante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
durant is recorded at frequency rank #31,743, classified as aprep, pronounced \dy.ʁɑ̃\. durante is at rank #133, tagged as aprep, pronounced /du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 31876, this pair ranks #36,080 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of durant vs durante
Shared letters: adnrtu. Private to "durant": -. Private to "durante": e.
"durant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "durante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "durant" and "durante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "durant" vs "durante" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "durant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,080 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durant" and "durante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "durant vs durar". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #36,080 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.