Menschenfreund
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]
The verdict
“Menschenfreund” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,497 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,497
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der Menschen generell wohlwollend zugeneigt ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menschenfreund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfʁɔɪ̯nt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #65,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Menschenfreund” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Menschenfreund is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,497 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der Menschen generell wohlwollend zugeneigt ist".
Menschenfreund doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Menschenfreund, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-F-R-E-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Menschen generell wohlwollend zugeneigt ist
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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.
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Using “Menschenfreund”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-F-R-E-U-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.