durchschlafen
[ˈdʊʁçˌʃlaːfn̩]
The verdict
“durchschlafen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,082 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,082
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen bestimmten Zeitraum hindurch schlafen, ohne zwischenzeitlich aufzuwachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchschlafen · durchschlafen · German
durchschlafen · rank #79,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,082
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH durchscheinen
Nearest frequency peer: durchscheinen (-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 “durchschlafen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- durchdachter
durchdachter
20,922 corpus weight
- durchdreht
durchdreht
20,921 corpus weight
- durchschein…
durchscheinen
20,920 corpus weight
- durchschlaf…
durchschlafen
20,919 corpus weight
- Durchschlag
Durchschlag
20,918 corpus weight
- dämmerte
dämmerte
20,916 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “durchschlafen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchschlafen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁçˌʃlaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchschlafen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
durchschlafen is uncommon German at frequency #79,082 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁçˌʃlaːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen bestimmten Zeitraum hindurch schlafen, ohne zwischenzeitlich aufzuwachen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for durchschlafen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is durchschlafen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen bestimmten Zeitraum hindurch schlafen, ohne zwischenzeitlich aufzuwachen
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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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durchschlafen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.