schweigsam
\ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm\
The verdict
“schweigsam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silencieux, taciturne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schweigsam · schweigsam · French
schweigsam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | schweigsam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schweigsam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schweigsam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Silencieux, taciturne.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schweigsam, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is schweigsam, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Silencieux, taciturne.
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.