Schwerin

/[ʃveˈʁiːn]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,627

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schwerin is aGermanname. It means: Stadt in Deutschland, Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Pronounced [ʃveˈʁiːn]. It ranks #9,627 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schwert and schwören.

Key facts for Schwerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ʃveˈʁiːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,627
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schwerin is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃveˈʁiːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,627 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in Deutschland, Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schwerin, with forms such as "cshwerin", "scchwerin", and "schewrin". 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, "Schwert", "schwören", "Schwerte", 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 Schwerin, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Deutschland, Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshwerin,scchwerin,schewrin,schhwerin,schweirn,schwerinn,schwerni,schwerrin,schwrein,schwwerin,scwherin,shcwerin,sschwerin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schwerin

Misspelling Variants of "Schwerin"

cshwerin8scchwerin9schewrin8schhwerin9schweirn8schwerinn9schwerni8schwerrin9
Misspelling Variants of "Schwerin"

Frequency rank: #9,627 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schwerin"?
"Schwerin" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃveˈʁiːn].
What does "Schwerin" mean?
As a name, "Schwerin" means: Stadt in Deutschland, Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
What words are commonly confused with "Schwerin"?
"Schwerin" is commonly confused with "Schwert", "schwören", "Schwerte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schwerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwerin" is [ʃveˈʁiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwerin" come from?
"Schwerin" 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.