Schwur
[ʃvuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Schwur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,776
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verbindliche Festlegung auf etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwur · Schwur · German
Schwur · rank #29,776 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,776
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwindelig
Nearest frequency peer: schwindelig (-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 “Schwur”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schweinehund
Schweinehund
70,228 corpus weight
- Schweriner
Schweriner
70,227 corpus weight
- schwindelig
schwindelig
70,226 corpus weight
- Schwur
Schwur
70,225 corpus weight
- schüttet
schüttet
70,224 corpus weight
- Scientology
Scientology
70,223 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schwur” 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 | Schwur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃvuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schwur” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Schwur (IPA [ʃvuːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,776 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schwur, with forms such as "cshwur", "scchwur", and "schhwur". 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, "Schwyz", "Schau", "Schuh", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schwur, spelled S-C-H-W-U-R.
Definition
- 1verbindliche Festlegung auf etwas
- 2Eid vor einer dazu berechtigten Institution
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dem Entschluss, alten Familienschmuck zu verpfänden, stimmte die Ehefrau nur nach seinem Schwur zu, zumindest die Ringe wieder auszulösen.“
„Ein Schwur unter Liebenden bedeutet nach meiner Erfahrung am wenigsten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshwur
- scchwur
- schhwur
- schuwr
- schwru
- schwurr
- schwwur
- scwhur
- shcwur
- sschwur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schwur - 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 "Schwur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schwur". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schwur" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Schwyz". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,776 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.