durchwühlen
[ˌdʊʁçˈvyːlən]
The verdict
“durchwühlen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,176 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,176
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Erde, das Erdreich, (auf der Suche nach etwas) mit einfachen Mitteln, wie zum Beispiel den Händen, umschichten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchwühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌdʊʁçˈvyːlən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durchwühlen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
durchwühlen is uncommon German at frequency #70,176 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌdʊʁçˈvyːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
durchwühlen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is durchwühlen, spelled D-U-R-C-H-W-Ü-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Erde, das Erdreich, (auf der Suche nach etwas) mit einfachen Mitteln, wie zum Beispiel den Händen, umschichten
- 2einen Ort (ohne Rücksicht auf vorhandene Ordnung) durchsuchen
- 3sich durch eine Menge Material/Lesestoff durcharbeiten
This word in other languages
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 “durchwühlen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-R-C-H-W-Ü-H-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.