schuss
\ʃus\
The verdict
“schuss” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Descente rapide à ski, en trace directe, dans le sens de la pente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schuss · schuss · French
schuss · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | schuss |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃus\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schuss is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
schuss has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 schuss, spelled S-C-H-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1Descente rapide à ski, en trace directe, dans le sens de la pente.
- 2Boisson alcoolisée, dans l’est de la Belgique, consistant en le mélange de bière de table brune et de pils. référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schuss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant le schuss, le bâton est également utilisé pour parfaire la position de l’œuf.
Je suis sur le mauvais versant de la montagne et je descends tout schuss comme un skieur sans freins qui va finir par s'éclater contre un sapin.
This word in other languages
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.