Schweif
[ʃvaɪ̯f]
The verdict
“Schweif” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,117
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schwanz des Pferdes
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweif · Schweif · German
Schweif · rank #42,117 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,117
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schulterschlu…
Nearest frequency peer: Schulterschluss (-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 „Schweif“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schneien
schneien
57,887 corpus weight
- Schultersch…
Schulterschluss
57,885 corpus weight
- Schweif
Schweif
57,884 corpus weight
- Schweigemin…
Schweigeminute
57,883 corpus weight
- Schwellenlä…
Schwellenländer
57,882 corpus weight
- Schwelm
Schwelm
57,881 corpus weight
What this shows „Schweif“ 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 | Schweif |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃvaɪ̯f] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schweif“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Schweif (IPA [ʃvaɪ̯f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,117 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schweif, with forms such as "cshweif", "scchweif", and "schewif". 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", "Schweiz", "schwere", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Schweif, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-F.
Definition
- 1Schwanz des Pferdes
- 2ein dicht behaarter Fellschwanz in der Pelzbranche
- 3Schweif eines Kometen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schweif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Aalstrich führt beim Falben oft bis in den Schweif hinein.
„Die Mähne reicht ihnen bis zur Brust, ihr Schweif fegt den Hügel.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshweif
- scchweif
- schewif
- schhweif
- schwefi
- schweiff
- schwief
- schwweif
- scwheif
- shcweif
- sschweif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schweif - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schweif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).