meinesgleichen
[ˈmaɪ̯nəsˌɡlaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“meinesgleichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menschen wie ich, Menschen meiner Art
Corpus desk
Index DE-meinesgleichen · meinesgleichen · German
meinesgleichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | meinesgleichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯nəsˌɡlaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „meinesgleichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
meinesgleichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed [ˈmaɪ̯nəsˌɡlaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menschen wie ich, Menschen meiner Art".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for meinesgleichen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is meinesgleichen, spelled M-E-I-N-E-S-G-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Menschen wie ich, Menschen meiner Art
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how meinesgleichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich war dort unter meinesgleichen.
Meinesgleichen hat das nicht nötig!
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.