schwanger
[ˈʃvaŋɐ]
The verdict
“schwanger” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,304
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwanger · schwanger · German
schwanger · rank #5,304 · 15 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,304
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH school
Nearest frequency peer: school (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schwanger”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schlau
schlau
94,700 corpus weight
- Schock
Schock
94,699 corpus weight
- school
school
94,698 corpus weight
- schwanger
schwanger
94,697 corpus weight
- schwul
schwul
94,696 corpus weight
- selbe
selbe
94,695 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schwanger” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwanger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaŋɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “schwanger” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around schwanger (IPA [ˈʃvaŋɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,304 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwanger, with forms such as "cshwanger", "scchwanger", and "schawnger". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "schwänze", "schwinge", "schwanke", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 German form is schwanger, spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwanger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin schwanger, sagte Sandra und schaute ihren Freund frohgelaunt an.
„Der Totemismus ist daher eine Schöpfung nicht des männlichen, sondern des weiblichen Geistes. Die Gelüste (sick fancies) des schwangeren Weibes sind die Wurzel desselben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwanger
- scchwanger
- schawnger
- schhwanger
- schwagner
- schwanegr
- schwangerr
- schwangger
- schwangre
- schwannger
- schwnager
- schwwanger
- scwhanger
- shcwanger
- sschwanger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwanger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwanger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "schwanger" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "schwänze". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,304 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.