schwierig
[ˈʃviːʁɪç]
The verdict
“schwierig” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,745
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Herausforderung darstellend, nicht einfach
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwierig · schwierig · German
schwierig · rank #1,745 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,745
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Rum
Nearest frequency peer: Rum (-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 „schwierig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- möglicherwe…
möglicherweise
98,259 corpus weight
- Rum
Rum
98,257 corpus weight
- schwierig
schwierig
98,256 corpus weight
- Strecke
Strecke
98,255 corpus weight
- Studien
Studien
98,254 corpus weight
- Städte
Städte
98,253 corpus weight
What this shows „schwierig“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwierig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃviːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schwierig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around schwierig (IPA [ˈʃviːʁɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,745 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Herausforderung darstellend, nicht einfach".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwierig, with forms such as "cshwierig", "scchwierig", and "schhwierig". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "schwierige", "schwieriger", "schwierigen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schwierig, spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1eine Herausforderung darstellend, nicht einfach
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwierig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schulaufgabe ist schwierig.
„In manchen Teilen der Biosphäre wimmelt es von Leben, weil dort die Lebensbedingungen beinahe ideal sind. Andere Teile sind nur spärlich besiedelt, weil extreme Kälte oder Hitze das Überleben schwierig macht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwierig
- scchwierig
- schhwierig
- schiwerig
- schweirig
- schwieirg
- schwiergi
- schwierigg
- schwierrig
- schwireig
- schwwierig
- scwhierig
- shcwierig
- sschwierig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwierig - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwierig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).