schwieriger

/[ˈʃviːʁɪɡɐ]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,833

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

schwieriger is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwierig Pronounced [ˈʃviːʁɪɡɐ]. It ranks #4,833 in German word frequency. Often confused with schwieriges and schwierig.

Key facts for schwieriger
PropertyValue
Headwordschwieriger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃviːʁɪɡɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,833
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of schwieriger in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schwieriger is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃviːʁɪɡɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,833 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for schwieriger, with forms such as "cshwieriger", "scchwieriger", and "schhwieriger". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "schwieriges", "schwierig", "schwierige", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schwieriger, spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-R-I-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshwieriger,scchwieriger,schhwieriger,schiweriger,schweiriger,schwieirger,schwiergier,schwieriegr,schwierigerr,schwierigger,schwierigre,schwierriger,schwireiger,schwwieriger,scwhieriger,shcwieriger,sschwieriger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schwieriger

Misspelling Variants of "schwieriger"

cshwieriger11scchwieriger12schhwieriger12schiweriger11schweiriger11schwieirger11schwiergier11schwieriegr11
Misspelling Variants of "schwieriger"

Frequency rank: #4,833 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwieriger"?
"schwieriger" is spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-R-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃviːʁɪɡɐ].
What does "schwieriger" mean?
As an adj, "schwieriger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwierig
What words are commonly confused with "schwieriger"?
"schwieriger" is commonly confused with "schwieriges", "schwierig", "schwierige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schwieriger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwieriger" is [ˈʃviːʁɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwieriger" come from?
"schwieriger" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.