pscht

[pʃt]

/[pʃt]/ intj

The verdict

“pscht” is uncommon German (frequency #77,204 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,204
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aufforderung, still oder leise zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-pscht · pscht · German

pscht · rank #77,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,204
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Präsidiumsmit…

Nearest frequency peer: Präsidiumsmitglied (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „pscht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pscht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pscht
PropertyValue
Headwordpscht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[pʃt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pscht“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).pschtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Präsidiumsmitglied“ (#77,203), „punktgleichen“ (#77,205), „Proprietäre“ (#77,202). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pscht“ bei #77,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pscht is uncommon German at frequency #77,204 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [pʃt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aufforderung, still oder leise zu sein".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pscht, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is pscht, spelled P-S-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aufforderung, still oder leise zu sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pscht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pscht, der Lehrer ist im Anmarsch!

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pscht"?
"pscht" is spelled P-S-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʃt].
What does "pscht" mean?
As an interjection, "pscht" means: Aufforderung, still oder leise zu sein
How do you pronounce "pscht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pscht" is [pʃt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pscht" come from?
"pscht" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pscht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list