recht

\ʁɛçt\

/\ʁɛçt\/ adj

The verdict

“recht” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,826 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#67,826
frequency rank, French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Non comparable, utilisé uniquement comme épithète, sans prédicat) Droit, de droite.

Key facts for recht
PropertyValue
Headwordrecht
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛçt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “recht” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). recht lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for recht is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛçt\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,826 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for recht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is recht, spelled R-E-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Non comparable, utilisé uniquement comme épithète, sans prédicat) Droit, de droite.
  2. 2
    De droite.
  3. 3
    Qui convient, convenable, correct, juste.
  4. 4
    Grand, fort, exprime une amplification du sens du nom.
  5. 5
    Droit, caractérise un angle de 90 degrés.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recht"?
"recht" is spelled R-E-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛçt\.
What does "recht" mean?
As an adjective, "recht" means: (Non comparable, utilisé uniquement comme épithète, sans prédicat) Droit, de droite.
How do you pronounce "recht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recht" is \ʁɛçt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recht" come from?
"recht" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “recht”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁɛçt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list