dauerhaft
[ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaft]
The verdict
“dauerhaft” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,257 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,257
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lange anhaltend; auf Dauer
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 | dauerhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dauerhaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dauerhaft is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,257 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "lange anhaltend; auf Dauer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dauerhaft, with forms such as "aduerhaft", "daeurhaft", and "dauehraft". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dauerhafte", "dauerhaften", "dauerhafter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dauerhaft, spelled D-A-U-E-R-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1lange anhaltend; auf Dauer
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aduerhaft,daeurhaft,dauehraft,dauerahft,dauerhafft,dauerhaftt,dauerhatf,dauerhfat,dauerhhaft,dauerrhaft,daurehaft,ddauerhaft,duaerhaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dauerhaft - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dauerhaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-U-E-R-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dauerhafte” - see the side-by-side comparison. dauerhaft vs dauerhafte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.