Durchmesser
[ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Durchmesser” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,337 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,337
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entfernung zwischen den Schnittpunkten eines Kreises mit einer Geraden, die dessen Mittelpunkt schneidet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durchmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Durchmesser” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Durchmesser is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,337 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Durchmesser, with forms such as "ddurchmesser", "druchmesser", and "ducrhmesser". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Durchmesser, spelled D-U-R-C-H-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Entfernung zwischen den Schnittpunkten eines Kreises mit einer Geraden, die dessen Mittelpunkt schneidet
- 2eine längstmögliche Sehne eines Kreises
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddurchmesser,druchmesser,ducrhmesser,durcchmesser,durchemsser,durchhmesser,durchmeser,durchmesesr,durchmesserr,durchmessre,durchmeßer,durchmmesser,durchmseser,durcmhesser,durhcmesser,durrchmesser,udrchmesser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Durchmesser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Durchmesser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-R-C-H-M-E-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ] (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
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.