Durchsage
[ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡə]
The verdict
“Durchsage” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,687
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allgemeine, nicht gezielte Ansprache über sprachverstärkende Systeme, elektroakustische Anlagen oder Megaphone
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchsage · Durchsage · German
Durchsage · rank #22,687 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,687
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgezogen
Nearest frequency peer: durchgezogen (-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 “Durchsage”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Doppelmoral
Doppelmoral
77,317 corpus weight
- Dreien
Dreien
77,316 corpus weight
- durchgezogen
durchgezogen
77,315 corpus weight
- Durchsage
Durchsage
77,314 corpus weight
- echtem
echtem
77,313 corpus weight
- eingehend
eingehend
77,312 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Durchsage” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durchsage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Durchsage” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Durchsage (IPA [ˈdʊʁçˌzaːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,687 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "allgemeine, nicht gezielte Ansprache über sprachverstärkende Systeme, elektroakustische Anlagen oder Megaphone".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Durchsage, with forms such as "ddurchsage", "druchsage", and "ducrhsage". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Durchsage, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1allgemeine, nicht gezielte Ansprache über sprachverstärkende Systeme, elektroakustische Anlagen oder Megaphone
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Durchsage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Durchsage machte mich darauf aufmerksam, dass der Zug Verspätung hatte.
„Die Hochbahn erinnert jetzt mit Durchsagen an das gültige Bettelverbot. »Moin, eine wichtige Information: Betteln ist in unseren Zügen und Haltestellen nicht erlaubt. Danke!« - kommt dann vom Band.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddurchsage
- druchsage
- ducrhsage
- durcchsage
- durchasge
- durchhsage
- durchsaeg
- durchsagge
- durchsgae
- durchssage
- durcshage
- durhcsage
- durrchsage
- udrchsage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Durchsage - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,687 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.