durchaus

/[dʊʁçˈʔaʊ̯s]/ adv

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#966

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

durchaus is anGermanadv. It means: unter allen denkbaren Umständen und besonders auch gegen Widerstand; unbedingt Pronounced [dʊʁçˈʔaʊ̯s]. It ranks #966 in German word frequency. Often confused with durchs and Durchzug.

Key facts for durchaus
PropertyValue
Headworddurchaus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[dʊʁçˈʔaʊ̯s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#966
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of durchaus in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for durchaus is 8 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʊʁçˈʔaʊ̯s]. Corpus data places it at rank #966 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for durchaus, with forms such as "ddurchaus", "druchaus", and "ducrhaus". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "durchs", "Durchzug", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is durchaus, spelled D-U-R-C-H-A-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter allen denkbaren Umständen und besonders auch gegen Widerstand; unbedingt
  2. 2
    nach Abwägung oder Erfahrung denkbar und möglich, oder alles in allem machbar; schon
  3. 3
    zu hundert Prozent sicher

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddurchaus,druchaus,ducrhaus,durcahus,durcchaus,durchasu,durchauss,durchhaus,durchuas,durhcaus,durrchaus,udrchaus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for durchaus

Misspelling Variants of "durchaus"

ddurchaus9druchaus8ducrhaus8durcahus8durcchaus9durchasu8durchauss9durchhaus9
Misspelling Variants of "durchaus"

Frequency rank: #966 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durchaus"?
"durchaus" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [dʊʁçˈʔaʊ̯s].
What does "durchaus" mean?
As an adv, "durchaus" means: unter allen denkbaren Umständen und besonders auch gegen Widerstand; unbedingt
What words are commonly confused with "durchaus"?
"durchaus" is commonly confused with "durchs", "Durchzug". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "durchaus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durchaus" is [dʊʁçˈʔaʊ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durchaus" come from?
"durchaus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.