durchlässig
[ˈdʊʁçˌlɛsɪç]
The verdict
“durchlässig” is uncommon German (frequency #60,494 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,494
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - undicht, so beschaffen, dass Materie eine begrenzende Wand durchdringen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchlassig · durchlässig · German
durchlässig · rank #60,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,494
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchforstet
Nearest frequency peer: durchforstet (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „durchlässig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Durban
Durban
39,510 corpus weight
- Durchdringu…
Durchdringung
39,509 corpus weight
- durchforstet
durchforstet
39,508 corpus weight
- durchlässig
durchlässig
39,507 corpus weight
- dämpft
dämpft
39,506 corpus weight
- Echse
Echse
39,504 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „durchlässig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchlässig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌlɛsɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchlässig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchlässig is uncommon German at frequency #60,494 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌlɛsɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for durchlässig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is durchlässig, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-Ä-S-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1undicht, so beschaffen, dass Materie eine begrenzende Wand durchdringen kann
- 2so beschaffen, dass Austausch stattfinden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchlässig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einen durchlässigen Kaffeefilter zu verwenden, wird niemand anzweifeln.
1989 wurde mehrere Grenzen in Europa durchlässiger.
Antonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).