durant vs durante, What's the Difference?

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set durant and durante apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

durant

7 ch

durante

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

durant ← ddurant · druant · duarnt · durannt · durantt · duratn · durnat · durrant
durante ← ddurante · druante · duarnte · duranet · durannte · durantte · duratne · durnate

Frequency comparison

durant#31,743

durante#133

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "durant" and "durante" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\dy.ʁɑ̃\ versus /du.ˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "durant" or "durante"?

"durante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #133 in our Portuguese list, against #31,743 for "durant". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering durant vs durante

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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