schnapps
/ʃnɑps/
"schnapps" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schnapps” is uncommon English (frequency #71,888 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,888
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schnapps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃnɑps/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schnapps” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schnapps is uncommon English at frequency #71,888 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃnɑps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for schnapps in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Schnaps. The correct English form is schnapps, spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S.
Definition
- 1A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
- 2A serving of this beverage.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schnaps.
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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Using “schnapps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃnɑps/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.