Schoss

/[ʃɔs]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,022

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schoss is aGermannoun. It means: langer, gerader, meist junger Trieb einer Pflanze Pronounced [ʃɔs]. It ranks #5,022 in German word frequency. Often confused with shows and shops.

Key facts for Schoss
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchoss
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃɔs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,022
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schoss in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schoss is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃɔs]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,022 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "langer, gerader, meist junger Trieb einer Pflanze".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schoss, with forms such as "cshoss", "scchoss", and "schhoss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "shows", "shops", "shoes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schoss, spelled S-C-H-O-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    langer, gerader, meist junger Trieb einer Pflanze

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshoss,scchoss,schhoss,schos,schoß,schsos,scohss,shcoss,sschoss

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schoss

Misspelling Variants of "Schoss"

cshoss6scchoss7schhoss7schos5schoß5schsos6scohss6shcoss6
Misspelling Variants of "Schoss"

Frequency rank: #5,022 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schoss"?
"Schoss" is spelled S-C-H-O-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃɔs].
What does "Schoss" mean?
As a noun, "Schoss" means: langer, gerader, meist junger Trieb einer Pflanze
What words are commonly confused with "Schoss"?
"Schoss" is commonly confused with "shows", "shops", "shoes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schoss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schoss" is [ʃɔs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schoss" come from?
"Schoss" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.