Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern

/[ɡlaɪ̯ç ʊnt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡəˈzɛlt sɪç ɡɛʁn]/ phrase

The verdict

“Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
35
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Menschen, die einander ähnlich sind, verbringen gern Zeit miteinander

Key facts for Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern
PropertyValue
HeadwordGleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ɡlaɪ̯ç ʊnt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡəˈzɛlt sɪç ɡɛʁn]
Letters35
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern” sits in German frequency

Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern is 35 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡlaɪ̯ç ʊnt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡəˈzɛlt sɪç ɡɛʁn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Menschen, die einander ähnlich sind, verbringen gern Zeit miteinander".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H- -U-N-D- -G-L-E-I-C-H- -G-E-S-E-L-L-T- -S-I-C-H- -G-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Menschen, die einander ähnlich sind, verbringen gern Zeit miteinander

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern"?
"Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern" is spelled G-L-E-I-C-H- -U-N-D- -G-L-E-I-C-H- -G-E-S-E-L-L-T- -S-I-C-H- -G-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡlaɪ̯ç ʊnt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡəˈzɛlt sɪç ɡɛʁn].
What does "Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern" mean?
As a phrase, "Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern" means: Menschen, die einander ähnlich sind, verbringen gern Zeit miteinander
How do you pronounce "Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern" is [ɡlaɪ̯ç ʊnt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡəˈzɛlt sɪç ɡɛʁn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern" come from?
"Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is G-L-E-I-C-H- -U-N-D- -G-L-E-I-C-H- -G-E-S-E-L-L-T- -S-I-C-H- -G-E-R-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡlaɪ̯ç ʊnt ɡlaɪ̯ç ɡəˈzɛlt sɪç ɡɛʁn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.