Schweinchen
[ˈʃvaɪ̯nçən]
The verdict
“Schweinchen” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,354
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kleines Schwein
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweinchen · Schweinchen · German
Schweinchen · rank #34,354 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,354
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schulbus
Nearest frequency peer: Schulbus (-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 „Schweinchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schlussphase
Schlussphase
65,650 corpus weight
- Schneemann
Schneemann
65,649 corpus weight
- Schulbus
Schulbus
65,648 corpus weight
- Schweinchen
Schweinchen
65,647 corpus weight
- schwelgen
schwelgen
65,646 corpus weight
- Schwiegerel…
Schwiegereltern
65,645 corpus weight
What this shows „Schweinchen“ 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 | Schweinchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯nçən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schweinchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Schweinchen (IPA [ˈʃvaɪ̯nçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,354 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein kleines Schwein".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schweinchen, with forms such as "cshweinchen", "scchweinchen", and "schewinchen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Schweinen", "schleichen", "schwedischen", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schweinchen, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein kleines Schwein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schweinchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schweinchen in Opas Stall sind so niedlich!
Die Torte wurde von einem Schweinchen aus Marzipan geziert.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshweinchen
- scchweinchen
- schewinchen
- schhweinchen
- schweicnhen
- schweincchen
- schweincehn
- schweinchenn
- schweinchhen
- schweinchne
- schweinhcen
- schweinnchen
- schwenichen
- schwienchen
- schwweinchen
- scwheinchen
- shcweinchen
- sschweinchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schweinchen - 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 "Schweinchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).