schwänze
[ˈʃvɛnt͡sə]
The verdict
“schwänze” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,406
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwänzen
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 | schwänze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛnt͡sə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schwänze” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around schwänze (IPA [ˈʃvɛnt͡sə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,406 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwänze, with forms such as "cshwänze", "scchwänze", and "schhwänze". 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, "Schwaz", "schwarz", "Schwarze", 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 schwänze, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwänzen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwänzen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwänzen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwänzen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwänze
- scchwänze
- schhwänze
- schwnäze
- schwwänze
- schwänez
- schwännze
- schwänzze
- schwäzne
- schäwnze
- scwhänze
- shcwänze
- sschwänze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwänze - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “schwänze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃvɛnt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schwaz” - see the side-by-side comparison. schwänze vs Schwaz
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.