Schweich
[ʃvaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Schweich” is uncommon German (frequency #97,665 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,665
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweich · Schweich · German
Schweich · rank #97,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,665
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schutzschicht
Nearest frequency peer: Schutzschicht (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schweich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schussfeld
Schussfeld
2,339 corpus weight
- schutzbedür…
schutzbedürftige
2,338 corpus weight
- Schutzschic…
Schutzschicht
2,337 corpus weight
- Schweich
Schweich
2,336 corpus weight
- Schweinemast
Schweinemast
2,335 corpus weight
- schwenkbar
schwenkbar
2,334 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schweich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schweich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃvaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schweich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schweich is uncommon German at frequency #97,665 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ʃvaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schweich, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schweich, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
- 2Ortsteil von Beckerich, Luxemburg
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schweich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schweich liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.
„Schließlich sind wir auch an Schweich vorbei gekommen, und Papa hat gesagt, dass der Schriftsteller Stefan Andres in Schweich gelebt habe und dass ich ja schon wisse, dass auch die Geschichte »Der Knabe im Brunnen« in Schweich spiele.“
This word in other languages
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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