Durchmesser

/[ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,337

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Durchmesser is aGermannoun. It means: Entfernung zwischen den Schnittpunkten eines Kreises mit einer Geraden, die dessen Mittelpunkt schneidet Pronounced [ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ]. It ranks #4,337 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Durchmesser
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurchmesser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,337
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Durchmesser is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Durchmesser, with forms such as "ddurchmesser", "druchmesser", and "ducrhmesser". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Durchmesser, spelled D-U-R-C-H-M-E-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entfernung zwischen den Schnittpunkten eines Kreises mit einer Geraden, die dessen Mittelpunkt schneidet
  2. 2
    eine 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Durchmesser

Misspelling Variants of "Durchmesser"

ddurchmesser12druchmesser11ducrhmesser11durcchmesser12durchemsser11durchhmesser12durchmeser10durchmesesr11
Misspelling Variants of "Durchmesser"

Frequency rank: #4,337 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Durchmesser"?
"Durchmesser" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-M-E-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ].
What does "Durchmesser" mean?
As a noun, "Durchmesser" means: Entfernung zwischen den Schnittpunkten eines Kreises mit einer Geraden, die dessen Mittelpunkt schneidet
What are common misspellings of "Durchmesser"?
Common misspellings include "ddurchmesser", "druchmesser", "ducrhmesser", "durcchmesser", "durchemsser". The correct spelling is "Durchmesser".
How do you pronounce "Durchmesser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durchmesser" is [ˈdʊʁçˌmɛsɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durchmesser" come from?
"Durchmesser" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.