schwören
[ˈʃvøːʁən]
The verdict
“schwören” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,408
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Schwur oder Eid ablegen, abgeben, leisten
Corpus desk
Index DE-schworen · schwören · German
schwören · rank #17,408 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,408
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwiegersohn
Nearest frequency peer: Schwiegersohn (-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 „schwören“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schuldigen
schuldigen
82,597 corpus weight
- Schwedens
Schwedens
82,595 corpus weight
- Schwiegerso…
Schwiegersohn
82,594 corpus weight
- schwören
schwören
82,593 corpus weight
- Sensor
Sensor
82,592 corpus weight
- shorts
shorts
82,591 corpus weight
What this shows „schwören“ 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 | schwören |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvøːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schwören“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around schwören (IPA [ˈʃvøːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,408 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schwören, with forms such as "cshwören", "scchwören", and "schhwören". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schwulen", "schwor", "schwere", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwören, spelled S-C-H-W-Ö-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Schwur oder Eid ablegen, abgeben, leisten
- 2die Wahrheit oder ein Versprechen durch eigene Worte bekräftigen
- 3auf jemanden oder etwas vertrauen, bauen, jemanden oder etwas Glauben schenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwören appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Otto musste die feierlichen Worte schwören.
„Ich schwörte Treue dem Könige, die ich bisher gehalten, und bis zu meinem letzten Odemzuge unverbrüchlich halten werde.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwören
- scchwören
- schhwören
- schwröen
- schwwören
- schwöern
- schwörenn
- schwörne
- schwörren
- schöwren
- scwhören
- shcwören
- sschwören
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schwören - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "schwören"?
What does "schwören" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "schwören"?
How do you pronounce "schwören"?
What language does "schwören" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwören", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).