schnauzer
/ˈʃnaʊzɚ/noun
schnauzer is spelled S-C-H-N-A-U-Z-E-R: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, schnauzer means “A dog of a particular breed originating in Germany” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of schnauzer is schnauzers.
How many letters and syllables are in schnauzer?
| Letters | 9: S-C-H-N-A-U-Z-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is schnauzer?
Schnauzer appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce schnauzer?
- US /ˈʃnaʊzɚ/
Schnauzer has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-schnauzer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with schnauzer?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as schnauzer from its last stressed vowel (/aʊzəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of schnauzer
- schnauzers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does schnauzer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dog of a particular breed originating in Germany.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Schnauzer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense breed of dog:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does schnauzer come from?
Borrowed from German Schnauzer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).