schwer
\ʃveːɐ̯\
The verdict
“schwer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lourd, pesant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schwer · schwer · French
schwer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | schwer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃveːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schwer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃveːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 16 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for schwer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is schwer, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lourd, pesant.
- 2Difficile, pénible.
- 3Grave, violent (qualifie des choses négatives comme maladies, crises, désastres etc.)
- 4Capiteux, lourd (caractérise un vin).
- 5Consistant, copieux, rustique.
- 6Cruel, dur en parlant d'un destin.
- 7Sévère en parlant d'une peine, d'un jugement, d'un verdict.
- 8indique le poids, précédé par le poids exprimé en chiffres.
- 9Lourd, qui a un effet important.
- 10Lourd et puissant.
- 11Lourd, à haute densité et à bonne qualité.
- 12Lourdaud.
- 13Triste, désolé.
- 14Plein de difficultés.
- 15Sérieux, dangereux.
- 16Grave, considérable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn Detlef schlafen will, zieht er die schweren schwarzen Vorhänge vor, so dass kein Tageslicht ins Schlafzimmer dringen kann.
Die Baustelle zum sechsspurigen Ausbau der Autobahn feiert heute ihr 20-jähriges Jubiläum. (...) Es ist ein großes Fest, das die Organisatoren für den Abend geplant haben: Nach einer Rede von Verkehrsminister Volker Wissing soll ein Festumzug mit schwerem Baustellengerät über die nach wie vor unfertige Fahrspur stattfinden, bevor ein Feuerwerk die Feierli…
Synonyms
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.