Durchlaucht

/[ˈdʊʁçˌlaʊ̯xt]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,487

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Durchlaucht is aGermannoun. It means: Anrede für Angehörige des höheren Adels ab dem Rang eines Fürsten Pronounced [ˈdʊʁçˌlaʊ̯xt]. Often confused with durchsucht and durchdacht.

Key facts for Durchlaucht
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurchlaucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʊʁçˌlaʊ̯xt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,487
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Durchlaucht is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʊʁçˌlaʊ̯xt]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,487 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Anrede für Angehörige des höheren Adels ab dem Rang eines Fürsten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Durchlaucht, with forms such as "ddurchlaucht", "druchlaucht", and "ducrhlaucht". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "durchsucht", "durchdacht", 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 Durchlaucht, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-A-U-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anrede für Angehörige des höheren Adels ab dem Rang eines Fürsten

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddurchlaucht,druchlaucht,ducrhlaucht,durcchlaucht,durchalucht,durchhlaucht,durchlacuht,durchlauccht,durchlauchht,durchlauchtt,durchlaucth,durchlauhct,durchllaucht,durchluacht,durclhaucht,durhclaucht,durrchlaucht,udrchlaucht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Durchlaucht

Misspelling Variants of "Durchlaucht"

ddurchlaucht12druchlaucht11ducrhlaucht11durcchlaucht12durchalucht11durchhlaucht12durchlacuht11durchlauccht12
Misspelling Variants of "Durchlaucht"

Frequency rank: #40,487 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Durchlaucht"?
"Durchlaucht" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-A-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçˌlaʊ̯xt].
What does "Durchlaucht" mean?
As a noun, "Durchlaucht" means: Anrede für Angehörige des höheren Adels ab dem Rang eines Fürsten
What words are commonly confused with "Durchlaucht"?
"Durchlaucht" is commonly confused with "durchsucht", "durchdacht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Durchlaucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durchlaucht" is [ˈdʊʁçˌlaʊ̯xt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durchlaucht" come from?
"Durchlaucht" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.