dürft
[dʏʁft]
The verdict
“dürft” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,457
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-durft · dürft · German
dürft · rank #10,457 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,457
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH dämlich
Nearest frequency peer: dämlich (-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 “dürft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dur
Dur
89,546 corpus weight
- dämlich
dämlich
89,545 corpus weight
- dürft
dürft
89,544 corpus weight
- ea
ea
89,543 corpus weight
- eingesetzten
eingesetzten
89,542 corpus weight
- einmalige
einmalige
89,541 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dürft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dürft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dʏʁft] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dürft” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around dürft (IPA [dʏʁft]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,457 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dürft, with forms such as "ddürft", "drüft", and "düfrt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dürr", "Dutt", "dust", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is dürft, spelled D-Ü-R-F-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddürft
- drüft
- düfrt
- dürfft
- dürftt
- dürrft
- dürtf
- üdrft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dürft - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dürft", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.