schwarz
[ʃvaʁt͡s]
The verdict
“schwarz” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,621 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,621
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Negro. :* Color:
Corpus desk
Index ES-schwarz · schwarz · Spanish
schwarz · rank #59,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,621
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH sedación
Nearest frequency peer: sedación (+2 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 “schwarz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- satisfizo
satisfizo
40,385 corpus weight
- schools
schools
40,383 corpus weight
- schwarz
schwarz
40,380 corpus weight
- sedación
sedación
40,378 corpus weight
- sedoso
sedoso
40,377 corpus weight
- seguiríamos
seguiríamos
40,376 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schwarz” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwarz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃvaʁt͡s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schwarz” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schwarz is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,621 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃvaʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for schwarz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is schwarz, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z.
Definition
- 1Negro. :* Color:
- 2Clandestino.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwarz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.