scheuen
\ˈʃɔɪ̯ən\
The verdict
“scheuen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éviter, hésiter (souvent par cause d'une crainte).
Corpus desk
Index FR-scheuen · scheuen · French
scheuen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | scheuen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃɔɪ̯ən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scheuen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scheuen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃɔɪ̯ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scheuen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is scheuen, spelled S-C-H-E-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Éviter, hésiter (souvent par cause d'une crainte).
- 2transitif Éviter, hésiter (souvent par cause d'une crainte).
- 3(cheval) S'effaroucher, s'emballer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scheuen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er scheut sich nicht, etwas zu tun
Viele Kunden scheuen sich, Aufträge in ein Land zu vergeben, in dem Krieg herrsche, so Sawtschenko.
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.