Schwarzenberg
The verdict
“Schwarzenberg” is uncommon French (frequency #76,116 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,116
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom patronymique allemand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schwarzenberg · Schwarzenberg · French
Schwarzenberg · rank #76,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,116
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Schiffer
Nearest frequency peer: Schiffer (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Schwarzenberg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scarpe
scarpe
23,889 corpus weight
- scellement
scellement
23,888 corpus weight
- Schiffer
Schiffer
23,886 corpus weight
- Schwarzenbe…
Schwarzenberg
23,885 corpus weight
- SCIC
SCIC
23,884 corpus weight
- scotcher
scotcher
23,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Schwarzenberg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwarzenberg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Schwarzenberg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Schwarzenberg is uncommon French at frequency #76,116 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom patronymique allemand.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schwarzenberg, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Schwarzenberg, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E-N-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1Nom patronymique allemand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwarzenberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Karel Schwarzenberg.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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