durchkommen
[ˈdʊʁçˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“durchkommen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,560
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch etwas, das den Weg versperrt, gelangen
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 | durchkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchkommen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around durchkommen (IPA [ˈdʊʁçˌkɔmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,560 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for durchkommen, with forms such as "ddurchkommen", "druchkommen", and "ducrhkommen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "durchkommt", "durchgekommen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 durchkommen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch etwas, das den Weg versperrt, gelangen
- 2eine Prüfung bestehen
- 3eine fernmündliche Verbindung hergestellt bekommen
- 4nach einer Krankheit weiterleben
- 5etwas unerlaubt oder durch Glück erfolgreich bewältigen; einer negativen Konsequenz entgehen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddurchkommen,druchkommen,ducrhkommen,durcchkommen,durchhkommen,durchkkommen,durchkmomen,durchkomemn,durchkomen,durchkommenn,durchkommne,durchokmmen,durckhommen,durhckommen,durrchkommen,udrchkommen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durchkommen - 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 “durchkommen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-R-C-H-K-O-M-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʊʁçˌkɔmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “durchkommt” - see the side-by-side comparison. durchkommen vs durchkommt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.