beiderlei

[ˈbaɪ̯dɐlaɪ̯]

/[ˈbaɪ̯dɐlaɪ̯]/ pron

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The verdict

“beiderlei” is uncommon German (frequency #70,069 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,069
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der einen wie der anderen Art

Corpus desk

Index DE-beiderlei · beiderlei · German

beiderlei · rank #70,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,069
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beigeben

Nearest frequency peer: beigeben (+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 „beiderlei“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beiderlei
PropertyValue
Headwordbeiderlei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[ˈbaɪ̯dɐlaɪ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beiderlei“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beigeben“ (#70,070), „beherzigt“ (#70,067), „Beipackzettel“ (#70,071). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beiderlei“ bei #70,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beiderlei is uncommon German at frequency #70,069 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [ˈbaɪ̯dɐlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for beiderlei in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is beiderlei, spelled B-E-I-D-E-R-L-E-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    von der einen wie der anderen Art
  2. 2
    das Eine wie das Andere

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how beiderlei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kinder beiderlei Geschlechts nahmen am Spiel teil.
  2. Ein hoher Ertrag oder eine hohe Qualität - beiderlei musste bei der Auswahl berücksichtigt werden.

This word in other languages

les deux(Français)

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 "beiderlei"?
"beiderlei" is spelled B-E-I-D-E-R-L-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɪ̯dɐlaɪ̯].
What does "beiderlei" mean?
As a pronoun, "beiderlei" means: von der einen wie der anderen Art
How do you pronounce "beiderlei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beiderlei" is [ˈbaɪ̯dɐlaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beiderlei" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beherzigt#70,067Benjamins#70,073beschreib#70,077betitelte#70,081

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list