Schweizerdeutsch
[ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Schweizerdeutsch” is uncommon German (frequency #50,033 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,033
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sammelbezeichnung für die zum Alemannischen gehörenden Dialekte, die in der Schweiz gesprochen werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schweizerdeutsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #50,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schweizerdeutsch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schweizerdeutsch is uncommon German at frequency #50,033 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sammelbezeichnung für die zum Alemannischen gehörenden Dialekte, die in der Schweiz gesprochen werden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schweizerdeutsch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schweizerdeutsch, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-Z-E-R-D-E-U-T-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Sammelbezeichnung für die zum Alemannischen gehörenden Dialekte, die in der Schweiz gesprochen werden
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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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Using “Schweizerdeutsch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-E-I-Z-E-R-D-E-U-T-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.