schnitzel
\ʃni.tzɛl\
The verdict
“schnitzel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Escalope de veau panée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schnitzel · schnitzel · French
schnitzel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schnitzel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃni.tzɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schnitzel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃni.tzɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Escalope de veau panée.".
Zero misspellings are on record for schnitzel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is schnitzel, spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-Z-E-L.
Definition
- 1Escalope de veau panée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schnitzel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le scénario à l'emporte-pièce raconte, d'une part, le combat de Zinos pour transformer son boui-boui, jusque-là fréquenté par une poignée d'ouvriers malcommodes, en établissement plus raffiné grâce à un chef caractériel hostile aux fish and chips et autres schnitzels.
Dans cette station balnéaire montagnarde, nous passâmes dix jours (dix, chiffre magique des vacances, toujours le même, dix jours complets, dix nuits, dix matinées, dix sachets de thé, dix cuillères de café dans une cafetière, dix paires de chaussettes, dix schnitzels au restaurant et dix fois ma mère psalmodiant « Garde bien l’addition, tu fabriqueras ta…
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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.