Schwiegersohn
[ˈʃviːɡɐˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Schwiegersohn” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,407 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,407
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ehemann der Tochter (oder bei Homosexualität auch des Sohnes)
| 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) |
Where “Schwiegersohn” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schwiegersohn is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃviːɡɐˌzoːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,407 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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)
Synonyms
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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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Using “Schwiegersohn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-I-E-G-E-R-S-O-H-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃviːɡɐˌzoːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.