durch

\dʊʁç\

/\dʊʁç\/ prep

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The verdict

“durch” is uncommon French (frequency #52,629 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,629
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À travers, par, directement d’un bord à l’autre, en traversant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-durch · durch · French

durch · rank #52,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,629
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dutroux

Nearest frequency peer: Dutroux (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « durch »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « durch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for durch
PropertyValue
Headworddurch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\dʊʁç\
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,629
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « durch » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).durchtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Dutroux » (#52,630), « Duprat » (#52,627), « déboussolé » (#52,631). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « durch » est au #52,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

durch is uncommon French at frequency #52,629 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed \dʊʁç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for durch in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is durch, spelled D-U-R-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    À travers, par, directement d’un bord à l’autre, en traversant.
  2. 2
    À travers, par, dans tous sens par toute l’étendue de.
  3. 3
    Via, par, grâce à.
  4. 4
    (Pour introduire un complément dans une phrase passive, voir note) À cause de, par.
  5. 5
    En raison de, grâce à.
  6. 6
    Par, indique l’auteur ou le responsable.
  7. 7
    Divisé par.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how durch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durch die Wand.
  2. Er kam durch die Tür.

Synonyms

dankmittelsvermittels

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "durch"?
"durch" is spelled D-U-R-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \dʊʁç\.
What does "durch" mean?
As a preposition, "durch" means: À travers, par, directement d’un bord à l’autre, en traversant.
How do you pronounce "durch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "durch" is \dʊʁç\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "durch" come from?
"durch" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

drill#52,622détox#52,647fleet#52,694Flers#52,695

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list