schwankte
[ˈʃvaŋktə]
The verdict
“schwankte” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #44,904 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #44,904
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwanken
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 | schwankte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaŋktə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schwankte” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schwankte is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃvaŋktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,904 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwankte, with forms such as "cshwankte", "scchwankte", and "schawnkte". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "schwänze", "schwenkt", "Schwäne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schwankte, spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-K-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwanken
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwanken
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwanken
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwanken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshwankte,scchwankte,schawnkte,schhwankte,schwaknte,schwanket,schwankkte,schwanktte,schwannkte,schwantke,schwnakte,schwwankte,scwhankte,shcwankte,sschwankte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwankte - 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.
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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Using “schwankte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-A-N-K-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃvaŋktə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “schwänze” - see the side-by-side comparison. schwankte vs schwänze
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.