Schwung

/[ʃvʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,941

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Schwung is aGermannoun. It means: heftige, starke, zügige Bewegung Pronounced [ʃvʊŋ]. It ranks #8,941 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schwur and Sichtung.

Key facts for Schwung
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃvʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,941
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schwung is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃvʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,941 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schwung, with forms such as "cshwung", "scchwung", and "schhwung". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Schwur", "Sichtung", "schlug", 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 Schwung, spelled S-C-H-W-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    heftige, starke, zügige Bewegung
  2. 2
    einen Bogen beschreibende Bewegung
  3. 3
    Energie
  4. 4
    eine große Anzahl

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshwung,scchwung,schhwung,schuwng,schwnug,schwugn,schwungg,schwunng,schwwung,scwhung,shcwung,sschwung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schwung

Misspelling Variants of "Schwung"

cshwung7scchwung8schhwung8schuwng7schwnug7schwugn7schwungg8schwunng8
Misspelling Variants of "Schwung"

Frequency rank: #8,941 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schwung"?
"Schwung" is spelled S-C-H-W-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃvʊŋ].
What does "Schwung" mean?
As a noun, "Schwung" means: heftige, starke, zügige Bewegung
What words are commonly confused with "Schwung"?
"Schwung" is commonly confused with "Schwur", "Sichtung", "schlug". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schwung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwung" is [ʃvʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwung" come from?
"Schwung" 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.