durchbrennen
[ˈdʊʁçˌbʁɛnən]
The verdict
“durchbrennen” is uncommon German (frequency #90,165 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,165
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch zu hohe Wärme- oder Strombelastung schmelzen und unter Glut entzweigehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchbrennen · durchbrennen · German
durchbrennen · rank #90,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,165
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Duplikate
Nearest frequency peer: Duplikate (-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 “durchbrennen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- duper
duper
9,839 corpus weight
- Duplikat
Duplikat
9,838 corpus weight
- Duplikate
Duplikate
9,837 corpus weight
- durchbrennen
durchbrennen
9,836 corpus weight
- durchgeben
durchgeben
9,835 corpus weight
- durchliefen
durchliefen
9,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “durchbrennen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchbrennen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌbʁɛnən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #90,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchbrennen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
durchbrennen is uncommon German at frequency #90,165 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌbʁɛnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for durchbrennen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is durchbrennen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-B-R-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch zu hohe Wärme- oder Strombelastung schmelzen und unter Glut entzweigehen
- 2durch und durch brennen oder glühen
- 3für eine bestimmte Zeit ununterbrochen brennen
- 4heimlich davonlaufen
- 5etwas mittels Brennen oder Glühen durchdringen
- 6sich mittels Brennen oder Glühen durch etwas hindurchbegeben
This word in other languages
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 May 6, 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 "durchbrennen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.