dürr
[dʏʁ]
The verdict
“dürr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,514) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #25,514
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - trocken
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 | dürr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dʏʁ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dürr” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dürr is neighbouring look-alikes ("Dus", "duty", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [dʏʁ]. Frequency #25,514 among 45,632 “D” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for dürr, with forms such as "ddürr", "drür", and "dür". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Dus", "duty", "Dutt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dürr, spelled D-Ü-R-R.
Definition
- 1trocken
- 2dünn, mager
- 3knapp, dürftig, sehr kurz
- 4(geistig) unfruchtbar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddürr
- drür
- dür
- üdrr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dürr - 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.
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Using “dürr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-Ü-R-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dʏʁ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Dus” - see the side-by-side comparison. dürr vs Dus
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Words at a similar German frequency
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.