schwanke

[ˈʃvaŋkə]

/[ˈʃvaŋkə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schwanke” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,464
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwanke · schwanke · German

schwanke · rank #48,464 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,464
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schulgelände

Nearest frequency peer: Schulgelände (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „schwanke“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „schwanke“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

schwanke vs Schwanz
63% similar
schwanke vs Schwenk
63% similar
schwanke vs Schwarze
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for schwanke
PropertyValue
Headwordschwanke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃvaŋkə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,464
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schwanke“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schwankeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schulgelände“ (#48,463), „Schwarzach“ (#48,465), „Schuldzuweisungen“ (#48,462). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwanke“ bei #48,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around schwanke (IPA [ˈʃvaŋkə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,464 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwanke, with forms such as "cshwanke", "scchwanke", and "schawnke". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schwanz", "Schwenk", "Schwarze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schwanke, spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshwanke
  • scchwanke
  • schawnke
  • schhwanke
  • schwakne
  • schwanek
  • schwankke
  • schwannke
  • schwnake
  • schwwanke
  • scwhanke
  • shcwanke
  • sschwanke

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwanke - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cshwanke2scchwanke1schawnke2schhwanke1schwakne2schwanek2schwankke1schwannke1
Edit distance from "schwanke"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwanke"?
"schwanke" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvaŋkə].
What does "schwanke" mean?
As an adjective, "schwanke" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwank
What words are commonly confused with "schwanke"?
"schwanke" is commonly confused with "Schwanz", "Schwenk", "Schwarze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schwanke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwanke" is [ˈʃvaŋkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwanke" come from?
"schwanke" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwanke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list