schwanger

/[ˈʃvaŋɐ]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,304

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

schwanger is anGermanadj. It means: in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift Pronounced [ˈʃvaŋɐ]. It ranks #5,304 in German word frequency. Often confused with schwänze and schwinge.

Key facts for schwanger
PropertyValue
Headwordschwanger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃvaŋɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,304
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schwanger is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃvaŋɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,304 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for schwanger, with forms such as "cshwanger", "scchwanger", and "schawnger". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "schwänze", "schwinge", "schwanke", and more, 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 schwanger, spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshwanger,scchwanger,schawnger,schhwanger,schwagner,schwanegr,schwangerr,schwangger,schwangre,schwannger,schwnager,schwwanger,scwhanger,shcwanger,sschwanger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schwanger

Misspelling Variants of "schwanger"

cshwanger9scchwanger10schawnger9schhwanger10schwagner9schwanegr9schwangerr10schwangger10
Misspelling Variants of "schwanger"

Frequency rank: #5,304 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwanger"?
"schwanger" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvaŋɐ].
What does "schwanger" mean?
As an adj, "schwanger" means: in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift
What words are commonly confused with "schwanger"?
"schwanger" is commonly confused with "schwänze", "schwinge", "schwanke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schwanger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwanger" is [ˈʃvaŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwanger" come from?
"schwanger" 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.