Schuss
[ʃʊs]
The verdict
“Schuss” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,151 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,151
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abfeuern einer Waffe
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schuss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schuss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schuss is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,151 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schuss, with forms such as "cshuss", "scchuss", and "schhuss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stuss", "Schutz", "scouts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Schuss, spelled S-C-H-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1Abfeuern einer Waffe
- 2der Vorgang des Schießens, vom Abfeuern bis zum Eindringen des Geschosses ins Ziel (oder daneben)
- 3Mengenangabe des jeweiligen Geschosses
- 4Treten eines Balles
- 5etwas, eine kleinere Menge (in Bezug auf Flüssigkeiten)
- 6Injektion einer Droge
- 7die Aufzeichnung eines bewegten Bildes (Video / Film)
- 8Weberei: der beim Weben durch die Kette geführte Faden
- 9leichte Verrücktheit
- 10besonders schnelles Wachsen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshuss,scchuss,schhuss,schsus,schus,schuß,scuhss,shcuss,sschuss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schuss - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Schuss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-U-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Stuss” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schuss vs Stuss
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.