Schwerelosigkeit
[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Schwerelosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #50,035 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,035
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand, in dem entweder keine Schwerkraft wirkt oder deren Auswirkung nicht zu spüren ist (zum Beispiel im freien Fall)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwerelosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #50,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schwerelosigkeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schwerelosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #50,035 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Schwerelosigkeit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Schwerelosigkeit, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand, in dem entweder keine Schwerkraft wirkt oder deren Auswirkung nicht zu spüren ist (zum Beispiel im freien Fall)
- 2innere Ruhe, Unbeschwertheit
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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 “Schwerelosigkeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-E-R-E-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.