Schweiz
\ʃvaɪ̯t͡s\
The verdict
“Schweiz” is uncommon French (frequency #53,628 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,628
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suisse, pays d'Europe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schweiz · Schweiz · French
Schweiz · rank #53,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,628
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scander
Nearest frequency peer: scander (-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 « Schweiz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sauvait
sauvait
46,376 corpus weight
- scam
scam
46,375 corpus weight
- scander
scander
46,374 corpus weight
- Schweiz
Schweiz
46,373 corpus weight
- scolarisée
scolarisée
46,372 corpus weight
- scories
scories
46,371 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Schweiz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schweiz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃvaɪ̯t͡s\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Schweiz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Schweiz is uncommon French at frequency #53,628 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃvaɪ̯t͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Schweiz has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Schweiz, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-Z.
Definition
- 1Suisse, pays d'Europe.
- 2Partie de noms de régions avec du paysage montagneux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schweiz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hauptstadt der Schweiz ist Bern.
Russland wirft der Schweiz vor, ihre Neutralität verloren zu haben, indem sie aufgrund des Ukraine-Kriegs den westlichen Sanktionen angeschlossen hat.
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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