schade
\ʃad\
The verdict
“schade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de schader.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃad\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schade” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schade, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is schade, spelled S-C-H-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de schader.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de schader.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de schader.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de schader.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de schader.
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.
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Using “schade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-C-H-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.