Schmit

\ʃmit\

/\ʃmit\/ name

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The verdict

“Schmit” is uncommon French (frequency #73,546 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,546
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schmit · Schmit · French

Schmit · rank #73,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,546
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SBM

Nearest frequency peer: SBM (-2 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Schmit »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Schmit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schmit
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchmit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʃmit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,546
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Schmit » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Schmittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « SBM » (#73,544), « scénaristiques » (#73,548), « satrape » (#73,543). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Schmit » est au #73,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schmit is uncommon French at frequency #73,546 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃmit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Schmit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Schmit, spelled S-C-H-M-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schmit"?
"Schmit" is spelled S-C-H-M-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃmit\.
What does "Schmit" mean?
As a proper noun, "Schmit" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Schmit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schmit" is \ʃmit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schmit" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schmit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

serrai#73,550Shinzo#73,555sonnez#73,564strava#73,572

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list