schnurr

[ʃnʊʁ]

/[ʃnʊʁ]/ verb

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The verdict

“schnurr” is uncommon German (frequency #80,895 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,895
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren

Corpus desk

Index DE-schnurr · schnurr · German

schnurr · rank #80,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,895
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schneiderei

Nearest frequency peer: Schneiderei (-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 „schnurr“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schnurr
PropertyValue
Headwordschnurr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃnʊʁ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schnurr“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schnurrfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schneiderei“ (#80,894), „schnöden“ (#80,896), „schnarch“ (#80,893). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schnurr“ bei #80,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schnurr is uncommon German at frequency #80,895 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃnʊʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schnurr, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 German form is schnurr, spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren

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 "schnurr"?
"schnurr" is spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃnʊʁ].
What does "schnurr" mean?
As a verb, "schnurr" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren
How do you pronounce "schnurr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schnurr" is [ʃnʊʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schnurr" come from?
"schnurr" 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 "schnurr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schmatz#80,890Scheins#80,885sanftem#80,878Saalbau#80,871

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list