schwach
\ʃvax\
The verdict
“schwach” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faible, qui manque de force, de vigueur ou de force morale, qui est trop indulgent, trop facile, sans fermeté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schwach · schwach · French
schwach · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwach |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃvax\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schwach is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃvax\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for schwach in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 French form is schwach, spelled S-C-H-W-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Faible, qui manque de force, de vigueur ou de force morale, qui est trop indulgent, trop facile, sans fermeté.
- 2Faible.
- 3À faible puissance, intensité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Junge ist schwach, er kann nicht nein sagen.
Wenn Sie sich wieder schwach fühlen, dann verständigen Sie bitte sofort die Krankenschwester.
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.