skat
\skat\
The verdict
“skat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de cartes d’origine allemande qui se pratique avec un jeu de trente-deux cartes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-skat · skat · French
skat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | skat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skat\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « skat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
skat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \skat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeu de cartes d’origine allemande qui se pratique avec un jeu de trente-deux cartes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for skat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is skat, spelled S-K-A-T.
Definition
- 1Jeu de cartes d’origine allemande qui se pratique avec un jeu de trente-deux cartes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how skat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hans Breitmann … buvait de la bière à longueur de jour et de nuit, et jouait avec trois de ses compatriotes à un jeu de cartes appelé skat.
This word in other languages
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