SWAT
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The verdict
“SWAT” is uncommon German (frequency #63,822 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,822
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spezialeinheit der US-amerikanischen Polizei, dem deutschen SEK entsprechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-swat · SWAT · German
SWAT · rank #63,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,822
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Svizzera
Nearest frequency peer: Svizzera (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „SWAT“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- surround
surround
36,182 corpus weight
- Svizzera
Svizzera
36,180 corpus weight
- SWAT
SWAT
36,179 corpus weight
- sympathisie…
sympathisieren
36,178 corpus weight
- Synergie
Synergie
36,177 corpus weight
- sächsisches
sächsisches
36,176 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „SWAT“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | SWAT |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „SWAT“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
SWAT is uncommon German at frequency #63,822 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spezialeinheit der US-amerikanischen Polizei, dem deutschen SEK entsprechend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for SWAT, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is SWAT, spelled S-W-A-T.
Definition
- 1Spezialeinheit der US-amerikanischen Polizei, dem deutschen SEK entsprechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how SWAT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir brauchen SWAT!
This word in other languages
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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