schlecht
/ʃlɛçt/
The verdict
“schlecht” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mau, ruim, mal
Corpus desk
Index PT-schlecht · schlecht · Portuguese
schlecht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʃlɛçt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “schlecht” em português
Rare enough to double-check
schlecht is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʃlɛçt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mau, ruim, mal".
schlecht has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is schlecht, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1mau, ruim, mal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlecht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie geht es dir? / Schlecht.
Como vai você? / Mal.
Antonyms
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.