schlechte

/[ˈʃlɛçtə]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,784

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

schlechte is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht Pronounced [ˈʃlɛçtə]. It ranks #1,784 in German word frequency. Often confused with schlicht and Schlucht.

Key facts for schlechte
PropertyValue
Headwordschlechte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃlɛçtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,784
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of schlechte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schlechte is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃlɛçtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,784 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for schlechte, with forms such as "cshlechte", "scchlechte", and "schelchte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schlicht", "Schlucht", "Schliche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schlechte, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshlechte,scchlechte,schelchte,schhlechte,schlcehte,schlecchte,schlechet,schlechhte,schlechtte,schlecthe,schlehcte,schllechte,sclhechte,shclechte,sschlechte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schlechte

Misspelling Variants of "schlechte"

cshlechte9scchlechte10schelchte9schhlechte10schlcehte9schlecchte10schlechet9schlechhte10
Misspelling Variants of "schlechte"

Frequency rank: #1,784 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schlechte"?
"schlechte" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlɛçtə].
What does "schlechte" mean?
As an adj, "schlechte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schlecht
What words are commonly confused with "schlechte"?
"schlechte" is commonly confused with "schlicht", "Schlucht", "Schliche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schlechte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schlechte" is [ˈʃlɛçtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schlechte" come from?
"schlechte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.