DarcyvsdurchWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Darcy is a name, durch is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Darcy” is a name and “durch” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,054
“Darcy” frequency rank
#67
“durch” frequency rank
48121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Darcy durch
Definition englischer weiblicher Vorname in etwas hinein und auf der anderen Seite wieder heraus (wobei oft der Teil dazwischen das Wichtige ist)

Letter map: Darcy vs durch

Shared letters muted; letters that set Darcy and durch apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Darcy
5 ch
durch

Grammar separator: Darcy vs durch

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Darcy is aname and durchapreposition. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Darcy is recorded at frequency rank #48,054, classified as aname, pronounced […]. durch is at rank #67, tagged as aprep, pronounced [dʊʁç].

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 48121, this pair ranks #1,260,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Darcy vs durch

Shared letters: cdr. Private to "Darcy": ay. Private to "durch": hu.

"Darcy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "durch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Darcyadrcy · dacry · darccy · darcyy · darrcy · daryc · ddarcy · dracy
  • durchddurch · druch · ducrh · durcch · durchh · durhc · durrch · udrch

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Darcy" for "durch" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Darcy" is a name and "durch" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Darcy" or "durch" show up more?
"durch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #67 in our German list, against #48,054 for "Darcy". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Darcy" vs "durch" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Darcy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "durch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,260,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Darcy" and "durch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Darcy vs puzzles". 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 #1,260,082 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list