zweigleisig
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪç]
The verdict
“zweigleisig” is uncommon German (frequency #68,930 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,930
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit zwei (parallel laufenden) Gleisen versehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweigleisig · zweigleisig · German
zweigleisig · rank #68,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,930
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zuwiderhandlu…
Nearest frequency peer: Zuwiderhandlung (-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 „zweigleisig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zusammenset…
Zusammensetzungen
31,074 corpus weight
- zusichern
zusichern
31,073 corpus weight
- Zuwiderhand…
Zuwiderhandlung
31,072 corpus weight
- zweigleisig
zweigleisig
31,071 corpus weight
- Zwischenerg…
Zwischenergebnis
31,069 corpus weight
- Zwischenrufe
Zwischenrufe
31,068 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zweigleisig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zweigleisig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zweigleisig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zweigleisig is uncommon German at frequency #68,930 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zweigleisig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is zweigleisig, spelled Z-W-E-I-G-L-E-I-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit zwei (parallel laufenden) Gleisen versehen
- 2sich zwei Optionen offenhaltend, gleichzeitig zwei (Lösungs-)Wege verfolgend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zweigleisig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Bahnstrecke München–Rosenheim ist eine zweigleisige, elektrifizierte Hauptbahn in Bayern.“
„Frankreichs Präsident Macron fährt zweigleisig: Er will neue, kleine Atomkraftwerke bauen und erneuerbare Energien ausbauen.“
Antonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zweigleisig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).