schnauzer
/ˈʃnaʊzɚ/
"schnauzer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schnauzer” is uncommon English (frequency #69,422 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,422
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dog of a particular breed originating in Germany.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schnauzer · schnauzer · English
schnauzer · rank #69,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,422
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Schenk
Nearest frequency peer: Schenk (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “schnauzer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sasse
sasse
30,586 corpus weight
- Saussure
Saussure
30,585 corpus weight
- Schenk
Schenk
30,580 corpus weight
- schnauzer
schnauzer
30,579 corpus weight
- schoolroom
schoolroom
30,578 corpus weight
- scrawl
scrawl
30,572 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “schnauzer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schnauzer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃnaʊzɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “schnauzer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
schnauzer is uncommon English at frequency #69,422 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃnaʊzɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dog of a particular breed originating in Germany.".
schnauzer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Schnauzer. The correct English form is schnauzer, spelled S-C-H-N-A-U-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1A dog of a particular breed originating in Germany.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schnauzer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The five-year-old Giant Schnauzer was also awarded Best in Show at the AKC National Championship in December.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schnauzer.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).