durchlauf
[ˌdʊʁçˈlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“durchlauf” is uncommon German (frequency #52,771 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,771
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des untrennbaren Verbs durchlaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchlauf · durchlauf · German
durchlauf · rank #52,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,771
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Durchgänge
Nearest frequency peer: Durchgänge (-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 “durchlauf”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- duftende
duftende
47,233 corpus weight
- Durchgänge
Durchgänge
47,231 corpus weight
- durchlauf
durchlauf
47,230 corpus weight
- Durchmarsch
Durchmarsch
47,229 corpus weight
- Durchschlag…
Durchschlagskraft
47,228 corpus weight
- Dystopie
Dystopie
47,227 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “durchlauf” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchlauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌdʊʁçˈlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “durchlauf” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
durchlauf is uncommon German at frequency #52,771 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌdʊʁçˈlaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des untrennbaren Verbs durchlaufen".
durchlauf has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is durchlauf, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des untrennbaren Verbs durchlaufen
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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