durchsuchen

/[dʊʁçˈzuːxn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,341

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

durchsuchen is aGermanverb. It means: innerhalb eines bestimmten Bereiches gründlich suchen Pronounced [dʊʁçˈzuːxn̩]. Often confused with durchsucht and Durchsuchung.

Key facts for durchsuchen
PropertyValue
Headworddurchsuchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dʊʁçˈzuːxn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#13,341
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for durchsuchen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʊʁçˈzuːxn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,341 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "innerhalb eines bestimmten Bereiches gründlich suchen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for durchsuchen, with forms such as "ddurchsuchen", "druchsuchen", and "ducrhsuchen". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "durchsucht", "Durchsuchung", "durchmachen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    innerhalb eines bestimmten Bereiches gründlich suchen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddurchsuchen,druchsuchen,ducrhsuchen,durcchsuchen,durchhsuchen,durchscuhen,durchssuchen,durchsucchen,durchsucehn,durchsuchenn,durchsuchhen,durchsuchne,durchsuhcen,durchuschen,durcshuchen,durhcsuchen,durrchsuchen,udrchsuchen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for durchsuchen

Misspelling Variants of "durchsuchen"

ddurchsuchen12druchsuchen11ducrhsuchen11durcchsuchen12durchhsuchen12durchscuhen11durchssuchen12durchsucchen12
Misspelling Variants of "durchsuchen"

Frequency rank: #13,341 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durchsuchen"?
"durchsuchen" is spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-U-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dʊʁçˈzuːxn̩].
What does "durchsuchen" mean?
As a verb, "durchsuchen" means: innerhalb eines bestimmten Bereiches gründlich suchen
What words are commonly confused with "durchsuchen"?
"durchsuchen" is commonly confused with "durchsucht", "Durchsuchung", "durchmachen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "durchsuchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durchsuchen" is [dʊʁçˈzuːxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durchsuchen" come from?
"durchsuchen" 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.