schlechtester

[ˈʃlɛçtəstɐ]

/[ˈʃlɛçtəstɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“schlechtester” is uncommon German (frequency #62,825 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,825
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlechtester · schlechtester · German

schlechtester · rank #62,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,825
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schicksalssch…

Nearest frequency peer: Schicksalsschläge (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schlechtester“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schlechtester“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schlechtester
PropertyValue
Headwordschlechtester
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃlɛçtəstɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#62,825
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schlechtester“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schlechtesterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schicksalsschläge“ (#62,824), „Schleiz“ (#62,826), „Schi“ (#62,823). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schlechtester“ bei #62,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schlechtester is uncommon German at frequency #62,825 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃlɛçtəstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

schlechtester doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schlechtester, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schlechtester"?
"schlechtester" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlɛçtəstɐ].
What does "schlechtester" mean?
As an adjective, "schlechtester" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs schlecht
How do you pronounce "schlechtester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schlechtester" is [ˈʃlɛçtəstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schlechtester" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schlechtester", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schlüsselloch#62,827Schwellenwert#62,836Schwurgericht#62,838Seminararbeit#62,845

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list