Schnaps

\ʃnaps\

/\ʃnaps\/ noun

The verdict

“Schnaps” is uncommon French (frequency #87,146 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,146
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schnaps, eau-de-vie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schnaps · Schnaps · French

Schnaps · rank #87,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,146
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH scienze

Nearest frequency peer: scienze (+1 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 « Schnaps »

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 « Schnaps » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schnaps
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchnaps
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃnaps\
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,146
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Schnaps » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Schnapstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « scienze » (#87,147), « scarifications » (#87,144), « sectionnée » (#87,148). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Schnaps » est au #87,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schnaps is uncommon French at frequency #87,146 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃnaps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schnaps, eau-de-vie.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Schnaps in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Schnaps, spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schnaps, eau-de-vie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schnaps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich hätte gerne noch einen Schnaps.
  2. Sie mochten jetzt, wenn sie wollten, zusehen, wie er zu einem Wandschränkchen ging, in dem er einen guten Schnaps aufbewahrte, wie er ein Gläschen zuerst zum Ersatz des Frühstücks leerte und wie er ein zweites Gläschen dazu bestimmte, sich Mut zu machen, das letztere nur aus Vorsicht für den unwahrscheinlichen Fall, daß es nötig sein sollte.

Synonyms

BranntweinFeuerwasserLebenswasserLötwasserSprit

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 "Schnaps"?
"Schnaps" is spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃnaps\.
What does "Schnaps" mean?
As a noun, "Schnaps" means: Schnaps, eau-de-vie.
How do you pronounce "Schnaps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schnaps" is \ʃnaps\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schnaps" come from?
"Schnaps" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list