Schwung
[ʃvʊŋ]
The verdict
“Schwung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,941
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heftige, starke, zügige Bewegung
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwung · Schwung · German
Schwung · rank #8,941 · 12 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,941
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schublade
Nearest frequency peer: Schublade (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schwung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schildert
schildert
91,063 corpus weight
- schräg
schräg
91,062 corpus weight
- Schublade
Schublade
91,061 corpus weight
- Schwung
Schwung
91,060 corpus weight
- Siedlung
Siedlung
91,059 corpus weight
- Sitzungen
Sitzungen
91,058 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schwung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Schwung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃvʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schwung” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schwung (IPA [ʃvʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,941 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schwung, with forms such as "cshwung", "scchwung", and "schhwung". 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 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schwung, spelled S-C-H-W-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1heftige, starke, zügige Bewegung
- 2einen Bogen beschreibende Bewegung
- 3Energie
- 4eine große Anzahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trotz Vollbremsung donnerte das Auto mit Schwung gegen die Wand.
Wenn du das Seil auf die andere Seite werfen willst, musst du das mit Schwung machen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwung
- scchwung
- schhwung
- schuwng
- schwnug
- schwugn
- schwungg
- schwunng
- schwwung
- scwhung
- shcwung
- sschwung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schwung - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schwung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schwung". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schwung" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Schwur". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,941 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.