schminken
The verdict
“schminken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maquiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schminken · schminken · French
schminken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schminken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schminken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schminken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maquiller.".
schminken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is schminken, spelled S-C-H-M-I-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Maquiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schminken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Darsteller weiß genau, sich zu schminken.
Sie wusste genau, wie sie diesen Darsteller schminkte.
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.