schwächerevsSchwangereWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: schwächere is a adjective, Schwangere is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“schwächere” is an adjective and “Schwangere” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,764
“schwächere” frequency rank
#10,933
“Schwangere” frequency rank
32697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature schwächere Schwangere
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schwach Frau, die schwanger ist, also ein Kind erwartet

Where the eye mixes schwächere and Schwangere

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. schwächere and Schwangere follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
schwächere
10 ch
Schwangere

Look-alike desk: schwächere vs Schwangere

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: schwächere is [ˈʃvɛçəʁə] while Schwangere is [ˈʃvaŋəʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

schwächere is recorded at frequency rank #21,764, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃvɛçəʁə]. Schwangere is at rank #10,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃvaŋəʁə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 32697, this pair ranks #1,702,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of schwächere vs Schwangere

Shared letters: cehrsw. Private to "schwächere": ä. Private to "Schwangere": agn.

"schwächere" · 10 letters · shape CCCCVCCVCV  ·  "Schwangere" · 10 letters · shape CCCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Schwangerecshwangere · scchwangere · schawngere · schhwangere · schwagnere · schwanegre · schwangeer · schwangerre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "schwächere" for "Schwangere" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "schwächere" is an adjective and "Schwangere" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "schwächere" or "Schwangere" show up more?
"Schwangere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,933 in our German list, against #21,764 for "schwächere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "schwächere" and "Schwangere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "schwächere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Schwangere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,702,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "schwächere" and "Schwangere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "schwachem vs schwächere". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,702,001 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list