Similar words
Suche
Durchsuchung specifically means an official or legal search, like a police search; Suche is the general everyday word for searching for anything.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
busca
busca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "search."
Practice
1 What does Durchsuchung mean?
search
2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Wohnung dauerte Stunden.
Full sentence: Die Durchsuchung der Wohnung dauerte Stunden. (The search of the flat took hours.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches Durchsuchung?
Durchsuchung: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.