schmouter
\ʃmu.te\
The verdict
“schmouter” 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) - Sentir mauvais, puer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schmouter · schmouter · French
schmouter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | schmouter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃmu.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schmouter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schmouter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃmu.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentir mauvais, puer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for schmouter in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is schmouter, spelled S-C-H-M-O-U-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sentir mauvais, puer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schmouter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 34 des Mappin ne se différencie des pavillons voisins que par le numéro, le break Rover d'un millésime oublié parqué à cul devant le perron de trois marches, et la poubelle qui commence à schmouter, signe d'une stagnation prolongée des détritus.
— Non, mais je trouve bizarre qu'elle se soit couchée à côté du cadavre de son jules et se soit endormie sans rien remarquer, alors que ça schmoutait à donf et que le matelas était imbibé de sang, précisa-t-il.
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.