dürfe
[ˈdʏʁfə]
The verdict
“dürfe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,900
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durfe · dürfe · German
dürfe · rank #7,900 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,900
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgehend
Nearest frequency peer: durchgehend (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “dürfe”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Drachen
Drachen
92,104 corpus weight
- drüben
drüben
92,103 corpus weight
- durchgehend
durchgehend
92,102 corpus weight
- dürfe
dürfe
92,101 corpus weight
- eigens
eigens
92,100 corpus weight
- einrichten
einrichten
92,099 corpus weight
What this shows “dürfe” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dürfe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʏʁfə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “dürfe” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around dürfe (IPA [ˈdʏʁfə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,900 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dürfe, with forms such as "ddürfe", "drüfe", and "düfre". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dürr", "dürft", "Durst", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dürfe, spelled D-Ü-R-F-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen
- 23. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddürfe
- drüfe
- düfre
- düref
- dürffe
- dürrfe
- üdrfe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dürfe - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dürfe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).