Durchlauferhitzer
[ˈdʊʁçlaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌhɪt͡sɐ]
The verdict
“Durchlauferhitzer” is uncommon German (frequency #83,871 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,871
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, das durchfließendes Wasser erwärmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchlauferhitzer · Durchlauferhitzer · German
Durchlauferhitzer · rank #83,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,871
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgefickt
Nearest frequency peer: durchgefickt (-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 „Durchlauferhitzer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- drittletzten
drittletzten
16,133 corpus weight
- durchgefickt
durchgefickt
16,131 corpus weight
- Durchlaufer…
Durchlauferhitzer
16,130 corpus weight
- durchtraini…
durchtrainiert
16,129 corpus weight
- durchtrennen
durchtrennen
16,128 corpus weight
- Eckhaus
Eckhaus
16,127 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Durchlauferhitzer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durchlauferhitzer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçlaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌhɪt͡sɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #83,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Durchlauferhitzer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Durchlauferhitzer is uncommon German at frequency #83,871 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçlaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌhɪt͡sɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, das durchfließendes Wasser erwärmt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Durchlauferhitzer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Durchlauferhitzer, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-A-U-F-E-R-H-I-T-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät, das durchfließendes Wasser erwärmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Durchlauferhitzer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie können im Moment nur kaltes Wasser nutzen, da der Durchlauferhitzer erst repariert werden muss.
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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