Schwiegersohn
[ˈʃviːɡɐˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Schwiegersohn” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,407
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ehemann der Tochter (oder bei Homosexualität auch des Sohnes)
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwiegersohn · Schwiegersohn · German
Schwiegersohn · rank #17,407 · 21 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,407
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwedens
Nearest frequency peer: Schwedens (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Schwiegersohn“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schuldigen
schuldigen
82,597 corpus weight
- Schwedens
Schwedens
82,595 corpus weight
- Schwiegerso…
Schwiegersohn
82,594 corpus weight
- schwören
schwören
82,593 corpus weight
- Sensor
Sensor
82,592 corpus weight
- shorts
shorts
82,591 corpus weight
What this shows „Schwiegersohn“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwiegersohn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃviːɡɐˌzoːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #17,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schwiegersohn“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Schwiegersohn (IPA [ˈʃviːɡɐˌzoːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,407 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ehemann der Tochter (oder bei Homosexualität auch des Sohnes)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schwiegersohn, with forms such as "cshwiegersohn", "scchwiegersohn", and "schhwiegersohn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Schwiegersohn, spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-G-E-R-S-O-H-N.
Definition
- 1Ehemann der Tochter (oder bei Homosexualität auch des Sohnes)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwiegersohn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Franz Hundinger bewilligte seinem Schwiegersohn nach der Hochzeit ein eigenes Pferd, das sich Peter mit Bedacht aussuchte.“
„Der lange Mörschel hat den Kopf ganz auf die Seite gelegt und besieht seinen künftigen Schwiegersohn mit eingekniffenen Augen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwiegersohn
- scchwiegersohn
- schhwiegersohn
- schiwegersohn
- schweigersohn
- schwieegrsohn
- schwiegeroshn
- schwiegerrsohn
- schwiegershon
- schwiegersohhn
- schwiegersohnn
- schwiegersonh
- schwiegerssohn
- schwiegesrohn
- schwieggersohn
- schwiegresohn
- schwigeersohn
- schwwiegersohn
- scwhiegersohn
- shcwiegersohn
- sschwiegersohn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schwiegersohn - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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