Schluss
\ʃlʊs\
The verdict
“Schluss” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Fin, clôture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schluss · Schluss · French
Schluss · 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
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 | Schluss |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃlʊs\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Schluss is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃlʊs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schluss, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Schluss, spelled S-C-H-L-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1Fin, clôture.
- 2Fermeture, clôture.
- 3Conclusion, résultat final.
- 4Court-circuit électrique. (Abréviation de Kurzschluss).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schluss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schluss des Feuerwerks war grandios.
Seit Fluglinien Spezialmenüs anbieten, scheint Chaos an Bord zu herrschen. Geht es nach den Flugbegleitern, soll wieder Schluss sein mit den Sonderwünschen.
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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.