schwarz

Name: schwarz, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ʃvaʁt͡s]

/[ʃvaʁt͡s]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“schwarz” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#842
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Licht nahezu komplett absorbierende Farbe, im RGB-Farbraum mit Werten von Rot, Blau und Grün nahe Null

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwarz · schwarz · German

schwarz · rank #842 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #842
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH richtige

Nearest frequency peer: richtige (-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.

plötzlich

99,162
Region

99,161
richtige

99,160
schwarz

99,159
seid

99,158
setzt

99,157

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

schwarz vs schwer

71% similar

schwarz vs Schwyz

57% similar

schwarz vs Schwur

57% similar

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

Key facts for schwarz
Property	Value
Headword	schwarz
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ʃvaʁt͡s]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#842
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schwarz“

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

#842

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „richtige“ (#841), „seid“ (#843), „Region“ (#840). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwarz“ bei #842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around schwarz (IPA [ʃvaʁt͡s]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #842 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwarz, with forms such as "cshwarz", "scchwarz", and "schawrz". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schwer", "Schwyz", "Schwur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schwarz, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z.

Definition

1
Licht nahezu komplett absorbierende Farbe, im RGB-Farbraum mit Werten von Rot, Blau und Grün nahe Null
2
von sehr dunkler Farbe, mit einem leichten Farbstich (besonders Blau- oder Braunstich)
3
sehr dunkel, lichtlos
4
einem dunkelhäutigen Menschentyp (vor allem afrikanischen Ursprungs) angehörend, auch: durch ihn charakterisiert, mit Schwarzen als Urheber
5
schwarze Haare habend
6
ohne Milch und Zucker
7
konservativ, katholisch; auch reaktionär
8
anarchistisch, links-anarchistisch
9
unheilvoll; einem Geheimnisvollen, Gesetzwidrigen oder Bösen verhaftet oder unterworfen seiend; pessimistisch, negativ denkend
10
boshaft, böse, niederträchtig denkend und seiend, negativ beurteilt und beurteilend
11
gesetzwidrig, illegal handelnd, sich aufhaltend, Geschäfte tätigend, Geld waschend
12
dreckig, schmutzig, unrein
13
keine Augen erzielend, leer ausgehend
14
entweder Pik oder Kreuz
15
der Schwarzen Szene/Gothic-Szene zugehörig
16
Spielfarbe derjenigen Ziffern, die nicht 0 oder rot sind

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how schwarz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Mir fehlt die schwarze Druckerpatrone.
Wer will schon eine schwarz gestrichene Wand in seinem Haus haben?

Synonyms

schwarzhaarig

Antonyms

weiß grau weiß hellhäutig europäisch gelb asiatisch rot blond gebleicht grau weiß weißlich komplett rot evangelisch offen optimistisch gut ehrlichgesetzeskonformgesetzestreu legal gewaschen rein sauber rot

This word in other languages

black(English)negro(Español)noir(Français)preto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cshwarz
scchwarz
schawrz
schhwarz
schwarrz
schwarzz
schwazr
schwraz
schwwarz
scwharz
shcwarz
sschwarz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwarz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "schwarz"

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 "schwarz"?

"schwarz" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃvaʁt͡s].

What does "schwarz" mean?

As an adjective, "schwarz" means: Licht nahezu komplett absorbierende Farbe, im RGB-Farbraum mit Werten von Rot, Blau und Grün nahe Null

What words are commonly confused with "schwarz"?

"schwarz" is commonly confused with "schwer", "Schwyz", "Schwur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "schwarz"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwarz" is [ʃvaʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "schwarz" come from?

"schwarz" 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 "schwarz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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