Durchfall
\ˈdʊʁç.fal\
The verdict
“Durchfall” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diarrhée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durchfall · Durchfall · French
Durchfall · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durchfall |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdʊʁç.fal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Durchfall is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈdʊʁç.fal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Durchfall, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Durchfall, spelled D-U-R-C-H-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Diarrhée.
- 2Échec dans un examen, employé presque exclusivement dans des compositions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Durchfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ärzte in Wuhan hatten dies überprüft, nachdem einige Patienten mit Coronavirus-Infektion vornehmlich unter Durchfall litten.
Im Allgemeinen beginnt die Legionärskrankheit mit Glieder- und Kopfschmerzen sowie Husten. Als weitere Anfangssymptome kommen oft Übelkeit und Bauchschmerzen mit wässrigem Durchfall und Erbrechen hinzu.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.