schnock
\ʃnɔk\
The verdict
“schnock” is uncommon French (frequency #95,308 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,308
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imbécile, con.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schnock · schnock · French
schnock · rank #95,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,308
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sauvegardant
Nearest frequency peer: sauvegardant (-2 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 « schnock »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Saskatchewa…
Saskatchewanais
4,697 corpus weight
- saturent
saturent
4,696 corpus weight
- sauvegardant
sauvegardant
4,695 corpus weight
- schnock
schnock
4,693 corpus weight
- sciée
sciée
4,691 corpus weight
- scopolamine
scopolamine
4,690 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « schnock » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schnock |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃnɔk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schnock » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schnock is uncommon French at frequency #95,308 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃnɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
schnock has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is schnock, spelled S-C-H-N-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Imbécile, con.
- 2Personne sénile, gâteux.
- 3Individu à la mentalité de personne âgée.
- 4Individu, type.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schnock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En civil à présent ce schnock ! Il était donc plus colonel !
Quand va-t-il finir de cracher dans ma soupe, ce vieux schnock ?
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).