schweige
[ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“schweige” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,619
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schweigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweige · schweige · German
schweige · rank #39,619 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,619
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwedt
Nearest frequency peer: Schwedt (-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 „schweige“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schlusswort
Schlusswort
60,385 corpus weight
- schmales
schmales
60,384 corpus weight
- Schwedt
Schwedt
60,383 corpus weight
- schweige
schweige
60,382 corpus weight
- Schwäne
Schwäne
60,381 corpus weight
- schönster
schönster
60,380 corpus weight
What this shows „schweige“ 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 | schweige |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schweige“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around schweige (IPA [ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,619 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for schweige, with forms such as "cshweige", "scchweige", and "schewige". 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, "Schweiz", "schwere", "Schwein", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schweige, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schweigen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schweigen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schweigen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schweigen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshweige
- scchweige
- schewige
- schhweige
- schwegie
- schweieg
- schweigge
- schwiege
- schwweige
- scwheige
- shcweige
- sschweige
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schweige - 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 "schweige", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).