schnozz
/ʃnɒz/
"schnozz" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schnozz” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nose.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schnozz · schnozz · English
schnozz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schnozz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃnɒz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “schnozz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
schnozz is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃnɒz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nose.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for schnozz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout”) and English snout. Compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940. The correct English form is schnozz, spelled S-C-H-N-O-Z-Z.
Definition
- 1Nose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schnozz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!
There's a TV commercial out now for a nasal spray in which a man in need of a decongestant wakes up to find that his entire head has turned into a giant schnozz.
Etymology
Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout”) and English snout. Compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.