schnell

\ʃnɛl\

/\ʃnɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“schnell” is uncommon French (frequency #83,364 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,364
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rapide, prompt.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schnell · schnell · French

schnell · rank #83,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,364
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sayonara

Nearest frequency peer: sayonara (-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 « schnell »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schnell
PropertyValue
Headwordschnell
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃnɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « schnell » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.schnelltombe 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: « sayonara » (#83,363), « Schweizer » (#83,365), « sauveuse » (#83,362). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « schnell » est au #83,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schnell is uncommon French at frequency #83,364 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃnɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schnell, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

No borrowing history is documented 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 schnell, spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rapide, prompt.
  2. 2
    Vite, qui prend peu de temps.
  3. 3
    Se dit de quelque chose qui change très vite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieser Zug ist schnell.
  2. Man muss schnell sein, um dieses Spiel zu gewinnen.

Synonyms

flugsrapideraschrasend

Antonyms

langsam

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 "schnell"?
"schnell" is spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃnɛl\.
What does "schnell" mean?
As an adjective, "schnell" means: Rapide, prompt.
How do you pronounce "schnell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schnell" is \ʃnɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schnell" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sargent#83,360scripte#83,369shaming#83,375runaway#83,340

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list