DUHvsdurchTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#38,693
“DUH” frequency rank
#67
“durch” frequency rank
38760
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature DUH durch
Definition Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. in etwas hinein und auf der anderen Seite wieder heraus (wobei oft der Teil dazwischen das Wichtige ist)

Letter map: DUH vs durch

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

3 ch
DUH
5 ch
durch

Part-of-speech tell for DUH / durch

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: DUH is anabbrev and durchapreposition. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

DUH is recorded at frequency rank #38,693, classified as anabbrev. 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 38760, this pair ranks #1,555,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of DUH vs durch

Shared letters: dhu. Private to "DUH": -. Private to "durch": cr.

"DUH" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "durch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • durchddurch · druch · ducrh · durcch · durchh · durhc · durrch · udrch

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "DUH" and "durch" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "DUH" is an abbrev and "durch" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "DUH" vs "durch" - which ranks higher?
"durch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #67 in our German list, against #38,693 for "DUH". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "DUH" 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 #1,555,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "DUH" and "durch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DUH vs dusch". 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 #1,555,336 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