durch
[dʊʁç]
The verdict
“durch” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #67. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #67
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - in etwas hinein und auf der anderen Seite wieder heraus (wobei oft der Teil dazwischen das Wichtige ist)
Corpus desk
Index DE-durch · durch · German
durch · rank #67 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #67
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH zur
Nearest frequency peer: zur (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “durch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vor
vor
99,937 corpus weight
- Mal
Mal
99,936 corpus weight
- zur
zur
99,935 corpus weight
- durch
durch
99,934 corpus weight
- hier
hier
99,933 corpus weight
- mich
mich
99,932 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “durch” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | durch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [dʊʁç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durch” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around durch (IPA [dʊʁç]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #67 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for durch, with forms such as "ddurch", "druch", and "ducrh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dürr", "dürfe", "dürft", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is durch, spelled D-U-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1in etwas hinein und auf der anderen Seite wieder heraus (wobei oft der Teil dazwischen das Wichtige ist)
- 2eine Vermittler-Funktion, das heißt die Sache B wird durch die Sache A erreicht
- 3über den ganzen Verlauf einer bestimmten Zeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er kam durch die Tür.
„und wir stampfen stolz durch das Unterholz“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddurch
- druch
- ducrh
- durcch
- durchh
- durhc
- durrch
- udrch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durch - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.