tschüs
\t͡ʃyːs\
The verdict
“tschüs” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salut, adieu, dans le sens d'un départ.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tschüs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \t͡ʃyːs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tschüs” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tschüs is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \t͡ʃyːs\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Salut, adieu, dans le sens d'un départ.".
tschüs has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tschüs, spelled T-S-C-H-Ü-S.
Definition
- 1Salut, adieu, dans le sens d'un départ.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “tschüs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-S-C-H-Ü-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.