durchlief
[ˈdʊʁçˌliːf]
The verdict
“durchlief” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,582
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs durchlaufen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchlief |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌliːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchlief” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around durchlief (IPA [ˈdʊʁçˌliːf]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,582 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for durchlief, with forms such as "ddurchlief", "druchlief", and "ducrhlief". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 durchlief, spelled D-U-R-C-H-L-I-E-F.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs durchlaufen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs durchlaufen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddurchlief
- druchlief
- ducrhlief
- durcchlief
- durchhlief
- durchilef
- durchleif
- durchlieff
- durchlife
- durchllief
- durclhief
- durhclief
- durrchlief
- udrchlief
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durchlief - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “durchlief”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-R-C-H-L-I-E-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʊʁçˌliːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.