Schnitt
\ʃnɪt\
The verdict
“Schnitt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coupe, taille, action de couper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schnitt · Schnitt · French
Schnitt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Schnitt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃnɪt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Schnitt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃnɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Schnitt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Schnitt, spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T.
Definition
- 1Coupe, taille, action de couper.
- 2Coupure, balafre.
- 3Coupe, manière de couper ; disposition qui en résulte.
- 4Coupe, plan que l'on suppose couper l'intérieur d'un objet pour en montrer l'intérieur.
- 5Changement de scène.
- 6Incision.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnitt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nur der Schnitt und die lebhafte Dunkelheit ihrer Augen redeten ein wenig von ihrer halb romanischen Herkunft; sie stammte großväterlicherseits aus einer französisch-schweizerischen Familie und war eine geborene Hamburgerin.
(im Video wird) schnell erzählt, mit vielen Schnitten, und flotten Sprüchen garniert: "Hier ist einer von den Taliban, hier einer von der örtlichen Mafia - liebenswerte Leute", hört man ihn sagen. Ob das alles bis ins letzte Detail stimmt, was Routledge da von sich gibt, lässt sich nicht nachprüfen.
Synonyms
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.