scheußlich
\ˈʃɔɪ̯slɪç\
The verdict
“scheußlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répugnant, dégoûtant, infect.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scheu-lich · scheußlich · French
scheußlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | scheußlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʃɔɪ̯slɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
scheußlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʃɔɪ̯slɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
scheußlich has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is scheußlich, spelled S-C-H-E-U-S-S-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Répugnant, dégoûtant, infect.
- 2Extrêmement désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scheußlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Warum schmeckt Espresso oft so scheußlich?
Das ist eine wirklich scheußliche Entwicklung.
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.