schnook
/ʃnʊk/noun
schnook is spelled S-C-H-N-O-O-K: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, schnook means “A person who is easily taken advantage of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of schnook is schnooks.
How many letters and syllables are in schnook?
| Letters | 7: S-C-H-N-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th 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 schnook?
Schnook appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 schnook?
- US /ʃnʊk/
Schnook has one syllable (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: En-au-schnook.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with schnook?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as schnook from its last stressed vowel (/ʊk/):
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 schnook
- schnooks plural
- shnook
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does schnook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA person who is easily taken advantage of.
He’s just a schnook. She’s obviously using him but he keeps coming back for more abuse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Schnook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who is easily taken advantage of:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Depp, Schwachkopf, Trottel |
| Portuguese | trouxa |
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 schnook come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish שנוק (shnuk, “person easily imposed upon or cheated”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).