Schwefel
[ˈʃveːfl̩]
The verdict
“Schwefel” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,415
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 16, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwefel · Schwefel · German
Schwefel · rank #21,415 · 13 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,415
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schnupfen
Nearest frequency peer: Schnupfen (-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 „Schwefel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- scharfer
scharfer
78,589 corpus weight
- Schiffs
Schiffs
78,588 corpus weight
- Schnupfen
Schnupfen
78,587 corpus weight
- Schwefel
Schwefel
78,586 corpus weight
- Schwingungen
Schwingungen
78,585 corpus weight
- schwärmen
schwärmen
78,584 corpus weight
What this shows „Schwefel“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwefel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːfl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schwefel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Schwefel (IPA [ˈʃveːfl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,415 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 16, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schwefel, with forms such as "cshwefel", "scchwefel", and "schewfel". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "schwere", "schweren", "schwerer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schwefel, spelled S-C-H-W-E-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 16, das zu den Nichtmetallen gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwefel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schwefel kommt in der Natur in Verbindungen und gediegen vor.
„Besonders ein Detail verblüffte die Forscher: Manches Gestein im Bohrkern enthielt weniger als ein Prozent Schwefel, obwohl das Gestein ursprünglich zu 50 Prozent aus dem Stoff bestand.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwefel
- scchwefel
- schewfel
- schhwefel
- schweefl
- schwefell
- schweffel
- schwefle
- schwfeel
- schwwefel
- scwhefel
- shcwefel
- sschwefel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schwefel - 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 "Schwefel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).