geschwollen

/[ɡəˈʃvɔlən]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,080

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

geschwollen is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwellen Pronounced [ɡəˈʃvɔlən]. Often confused with geschworen and geschwommen.

Key facts for geschwollen
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschwollen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʃvɔlən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#33,080
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of geschwollen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for geschwollen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃvɔlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,080 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwellen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for geschwollen, with forms such as "egschwollen", "gecshwollen", and "gescchwollen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "geschworen", "geschwommen", "geschmolzen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is geschwollen, spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwellen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egschwollen,gecshwollen,gescchwollen,geschhwollen,geschowllen,geschwlolen,geschwoleln,geschwolen,geschwollenn,geschwollne,geschwwollen,gescwhollen,geshcwollen,gesschwollen,ggeschwollen,gsechwollen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for geschwollen

Misspelling Variants of "geschwollen"

egschwollen11gecshwollen11gescchwollen12geschhwollen12geschowllen11geschwlolen11geschwoleln11geschwolen10
Misspelling Variants of "geschwollen"

Frequency rank: #33,080 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geschwollen"?
"geschwollen" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃvɔlən].
What does "geschwollen" mean?
As a verb, "geschwollen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwellen
What words are commonly confused with "geschwollen"?
"geschwollen" is commonly confused with "geschworen", "geschwommen", "geschmolzen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geschwollen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschwollen" is [ɡəˈʃvɔlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschwollen" come from?
"geschwollen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.