schwielig
[ˈʃviːlɪç]
The verdict
“schwielig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Schwielen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwielig · schwielig · German
schwielig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwielig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃviːlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwielig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwielig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃviːlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Schwielen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schwielig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwielig, spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit Schwielen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schwielig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von der harten Arbeit hatte er ganz schwielige Hände bekommen.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.