schwerwiegender

Name: schwerwiegender, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩dɐ]

/[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩dɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“schwerwiegender” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,480
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 24
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwerwiegender · schwerwiegender · German

schwerwiegender · rank #43,480 · 24 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,480
LEN-MEGA 15 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 24 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Schwaz

Nearest frequency peer: Schwaz (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Schuberts

56,524
schwachsinn…

56,523
Schwaz

56,522
schwerwiege…

56,521
Schwimmbäder

56,520
schüchterne

56,518

What this shows „schwerwiegender“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

schwerwiegender vs schwerwiegend

87% similar

schwerwiegender vs schwerwiegende

93% similar

schwerwiegender vs schwerwiegenden

93% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for schwerwiegender
Property	Value
Headword	schwerwiegender
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩dɐ]
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#43,480
Misspellings tracked	24
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schwerwiegender“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schwerwiegenderliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#43,480

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schwaz“ (#43,479), „Schwimmbäder“ (#43,481), „schwachsinnig“ (#43,478). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwerwiegender“ bei #43,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 24 spelling variants around schwerwiegender (IPA [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩dɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,480 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwerwiegender, with forms such as "cshwerwiegender", "scchwerwiegender", and "schewrwiegender". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "schwerwiegend", "schwerwiegende", "schwerwiegenden", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schwerwiegender, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cshwerwiegender
scchwerwiegender
schewrwiegender
schhwerwiegender
schweriwegender
schwerrwiegender
schwerweigender
schwerwieegnder
schwerwiegedner
schwerwiegendder
schwerwiegenderr
schwerwiegendre
schwerwiegenedr
schwerwiegennder
schwerwieggender
schwerwiegneder
schwerwigeender
schwerwwiegender
schwewriegender
schwrewiegender
schwwerwiegender
scwherwiegender
shcwerwiegender
sschwerwiegender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwerwiegender - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "schwerwiegender"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwerwiegender"?

"schwerwiegender" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩dɐ].

What does "schwerwiegender" mean?

As an adjective, "schwerwiegender" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwerwiegend

What words are commonly confused with "schwerwiegender"?

"schwerwiegender" is commonly confused with "schwerwiegend", "schwerwiegende", "schwerwiegenden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "schwerwiegender"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwerwiegender" is [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩dɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "schwerwiegender" come from?

"schwerwiegender" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwerwiegender", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).

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