schwere

/[ˈʃveːʁə]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,988

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

schwere is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schwer Pronounced [ˈʃveːʁə]. It ranks #1,988 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schwur and schwor.

Key facts for schwere
PropertyValue
Headwordschwere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃveːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,988
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of schwere in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schwere is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃveːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,988 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for schwere, with forms such as "cshwere", "scchwere", and "schewre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schwur", "schwor", "sichere", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schwere, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs schwer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshwere,scchwere,schewre,schhwere,schweer,schwerre,schwree,schwwere,scwhere,shcwere,sschwere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schwere

Misspelling Variants of "schwere"

cshwere7scchwere8schewre7schhwere8schweer7schwerre8schwree7schwwere8
Misspelling Variants of "schwere"

Frequency rank: #1,988 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwere"?
"schwere" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃveːʁə].
What does "schwere" mean?
As an adj, "schwere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schwer
What words are commonly confused with "schwere"?
"schwere" is commonly confused with "Schwur", "schwor", "sichere". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schwere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwere" is [ˈʃveːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwere" come from?
"schwere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.