schwitzen
[ˈʃvɪt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“schwitzen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,934
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Kühlung des Körpers Schweiß absondern
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwitzen · schwitzen · German
schwitzen · rank #10,934 · 15 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,934
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwangere
Nearest frequency peer: Schwangere (-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 „schwitzen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schlangen
Schlangen
89,070 corpus weight
- Schuhen
Schuhen
89,069 corpus weight
- Schwangere
Schwangere
89,068 corpus weight
- schwitzen
schwitzen
89,067 corpus weight
- schwäbischen
schwäbischen
89,066 corpus weight
- second
second
89,065 corpus weight
What this shows „schwitzen“ 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 | schwitzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɪt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schwitzen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around schwitzen (IPA [ˈʃvɪt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,934 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwitzen, with forms such as "cshwitzen", "scchwitzen", and "schhwitzen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "schwitzt", "schützen", "schätzen", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schwitzen, spelled S-C-H-W-I-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1zur Kühlung des Körpers Schweiß absondern
- 2arbeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwitzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Hitze schwitzt man so unerträglich viel.
Er muss den ganzen Tag schwitzen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwitzen
- scchwitzen
- schhwitzen
- schiwtzen
- schwitezn
- schwittzen
- schwitzenn
- schwitzne
- schwitzzen
- schwizten
- schwtizen
- schwwitzen
- scwhitzen
- shcwitzen
- sschwitzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwitzen - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwitzen", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).