Schwuchtel
[ˈʃvʊxtl̩]
The verdict
“Schwuchtel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,495 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,495
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine homosexuelle, männliche Person
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 | Schwuchtel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvʊxtl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schwuchtel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schwuchtel is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃvʊxtl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,495 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine homosexuelle, männliche Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schwuchtel, with forms such as "cshwuchtel", "scchwuchtel", and "schhwuchtel". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Schachtel", "Schluchten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schwuchtel, spelled S-C-H-W-U-C-H-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1eine homosexuelle, männliche Person
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshwuchtel,scchwuchtel,schhwuchtel,schuwchtel,schwcuhtel,schwucchtel,schwuchetl,schwuchhtel,schwuchtell,schwuchtle,schwuchttel,schwucthel,schwuhctel,schwwuchtel,scwhuchtel,shcwuchtel,sschwuchtel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schwuchtel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Schwuchtel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-U-C-H-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃvʊxtl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schachtel” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schwuchtel vs Schachtel
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.