Schubs

[ʃʊps]

/[ʃʊps]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schubs” is uncommon German (frequency #70,781 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,781
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leichter Stoß

Corpus desk

Index DE-schubs · Schubs · German

Schubs · rank #70,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,781
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schrauber

Nearest frequency peer: Schrauber (-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 „Schubs“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schubs
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchubs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃʊps]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schubs“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schubsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schrauber“ (#70,780), „Schraubenschlüssel“ (#70,779), „Schulsystems“ (#70,783). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schubs“ bei #70,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schubs is uncommon German at frequency #70,781 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃʊps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "leichter Stoß".

Schubs has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schubs, spelled S-C-H-U-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    leichter Stoß

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er gab Kurt einen Schubs, stieß ihn von sich, trieb ihn über den unebenen Acker.“

This word in other languages

shove(English)sacudidela(Português)

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 "Schubs"?
"Schubs" is spelled S-C-H-U-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʊps].
What does "Schubs" mean?
As a noun, "Schubs" means: leichter Stoß
How do you pronounce "Schubs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schubs" is [ʃʊps]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schubs" come from?
"Schubs" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sancta#70,751Rollos#70,735Rektum#70,724Reisig#70,723

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list