schmuck
/ˈʃmʌk/
"schmuck" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schmuck” is uncommon English (frequency #51,979 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,979
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schmuck · schmuck · English
schmuck · rank #51,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scrawled
Nearest frequency peer: scrawled (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schmuck”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sassoon
Sassoon
48,026 corpus weight
- sauté
sauté
48,025 corpus weight
- schmuck
schmuck
48,022 corpus weight
- scrawled
scrawled
48,021 corpus weight
- scuffed
scuffed
48,020 corpus weight
- Seaford
Seaford
48,019 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schmuck” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmuck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃmʌk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schmuck” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schmuck is uncommon English at frequency #51,979 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃmʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
schmuck doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”). The correct English form is schmuck, spelled S-C-H-M-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
- 2A deplorable, pitiful person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schmuck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me w…
“You’re an asshole whose best friends include Hitler’s wet dream and a Jew.” “Yea, well, I’m only friends with you because I want to shtoop your sister.” “Everybody wants to shtoop your sister,” Craig laughed. “No, everybody wants to shtoop Waters’ sister and you are not shtoopin’ my sister,” Joe replied. “None of you guys are shtooping my sister.” “Yea,…
Etymology
From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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