schwerwiegend

/[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]/ adj

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,456

in German word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

schwerwiegend is anGermanadj. It means: mit weitreichenden, meist negativen Auswirkungen Pronounced [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]. Often confused with schwerwiegende and schwerwiegenden.

Key facts for schwerwiegend
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Headwordschwerwiegend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]
Letters13
Frequency rank#41,456
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schwerwiegend is 13 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,456 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit weitreichenden, meist negativen Auswirkungen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for schwerwiegend, with forms such as "cshwerwiegend", "scchwerwiegend", and "schewrwiegend". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "schwerwiegende", "schwerwiegenden", "schwerwiegender", 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 schwerwiegend, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit weitreichenden, meist negativen Auswirkungen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshwerwiegend,scchwerwiegend,schewrwiegend,schhwerwiegend,schweriwegend,schwerrwiegend,schwerweigend,schwerwieegnd,schwerwiegedn,schwerwiegendd,schwerwiegennd,schwerwieggend,schwerwiegned,schwerwigeend,schwerwwiegend,schwewriegend,schwrewiegend,schwwerwiegend,scwherwiegend,shcwerwiegend,sschwerwiegend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schwerwiegend

Misspelling Variants of "schwerwiegend"

cshwerwiegend13scchwerwiegend14schewrwiegend13schhwerwiegend14schweriwegend13schwerrwiegend14schwerweigend13schwerwieegnd13
Misspelling Variants of "schwerwiegend"

Frequency rank: #41,456 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwerwiegend"?
"schwerwiegend" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t].
What does "schwerwiegend" mean?
As an adj, "schwerwiegend" means: mit weitreichenden, meist negativen Auswirkungen
What words are commonly confused with "schwerwiegend"?
"schwerwiegend" is commonly confused with "schwerwiegende", "schwerwiegenden", "schwerwiegender". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schwerwiegend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwerwiegend" is [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwerwiegend" come from?
"schwerwiegend" 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.