slush
\slɔʃ\
The verdict
“slush” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neige fondue au sol ; névasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-slush · slush · French
slush · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | slush |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \slɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « slush » en français
Rare enough to double-check
slush is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \slɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for slush, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is slush, spelled S-L-U-S-H.
Definition
- 1Neige fondue au sol ; névasse.
- 2Neige fondue au sol ; névasse.
- 3Neige fondue au sol ; névasse.
- 4Boisson composée d’un sirop sucré à saveur de fruits ou autre mélangé à de la glace concassée en très petits morceaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slush appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne surtout rien oublier, dans ces régions où la météo change très vite. Aujourd’hui, il ne fait « que moins 15 » mais l’on peut se retrouver dans une tempête ou les pieds dans la slush !
On le sait, les enfants sont les derniers à râler quand arrive la saison froide, les bancs de neige et la slush.
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.