schlecht und recht
[ʃlɛçt ʊnt ʁɛçt]
The verdict
“schlecht und recht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so gut es eben geht
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlecht-und-recht · schlecht und recht · German
schlecht und recht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | schlecht und recht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ʃlɛçt ʊnt ʁɛçt] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlecht und recht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlecht und recht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ʃlɛçt ʊnt ʁɛçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so gut es eben geht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schlecht und recht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schlecht und recht, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T- -U-N-D- -R-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1so gut es eben geht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schlecht und recht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Vorlesungen der Universität besuchte er schlecht und recht; seine Kollegen behaupten nämlich, sich darauf zu besinnen, daß er während des ganzen fünfjährigen Studiums sich nur ein einziges Mal hervortat.“
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.