geschwollen

\ɡəˈʃvɔlən\

/\ɡəˈʃvɔlən\/ verb

The verdict

“geschwollen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé de schwellen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-geschwollen · geschwollen · French

geschwollen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for geschwollen
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschwollen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡəˈʃvɔlən\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « geschwollen » en français

geschwollenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschwollen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡəˈʃvɔlən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé de schwellen.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for geschwollen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is geschwollen, spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé de schwellen.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geschwollen"?
"geschwollen" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡəˈʃvɔlən\.
What does "geschwollen" mean?
As a verb, "geschwollen" means: Participe passé de schwellen.
How do you pronounce "geschwollen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschwollen" is \ɡəˈʃvɔlən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschwollen" come from?
"geschwollen" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list