Scud

\skœd\

/\skœd\/ noun

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The verdict

“Scud” is uncommon French (frequency #60,367 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,367
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Missile balistique à courte portée développé dans les années 1950 par l’Union soviétique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scud · Scud · French

Scud · rank #60,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,367
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sassuolo

Nearest frequency peer: Sassuolo (-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 « Scud »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Scud
PropertyValue
HeadwordScud
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skœd\
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,367
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Scud » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Scudtombe 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: « Sassuolo » (#60,365), « segpa » (#60,369), « saquer » (#60,364). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Scud » est au #60,367. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scud is uncommon French at frequency #60,367 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \skœd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Scud has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Scud, spelled S-C-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Missile balistique à courte portée développé dans les années 1950 par l’Union soviétique.
  2. 2
    Attaque verbale ou réprimande.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce matin, je me suis pris un Scud pour être arrivé trois minutes en retard.
  2. J’en ai marre de cette ambiance ! On ne peut pas aligner deux mots sans recevoir un Scud de part et d’autre !

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 "Scud"?
"Scud" is spelled S-C-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is \skœd\.
What does "Scud" mean?
As a noun, "Scud" means: Missile balistique à courte portée développé dans les années 1950 par l’Union soviétique.
How do you pronounce "Scud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scud" is \skœd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scud" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soil#60,384suif#60,403Raúl#60,326teri#60,427

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list