babiesvsbewiesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: babies is a noun, bewies is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“babies” is a noun and “bewies” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,628
“babies” frequency rank
#16,102
“bewies” frequency rank
40730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature babies bewies
Definition Plural des Substantivs baby 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs beweisen

Letter map: babies vs bewies

Shared letters muted; letters that set babies and bewies apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. babies and bewies follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
babies
6 ch
bewies

Part-of-speech tell for babies / bewies

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: babies is anoun and bewiesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

babies is recorded at frequency rank #24,628, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. bewies is at rank #16,102, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈviːs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40730, this pair ranks #1,500,031 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of babies vs bewies

Shared letters: beis. Private to "babies": a. Private to "bewies": w.

"babies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "bewies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • babies ← abbies · babbies · babeis · babiess · babise · baibes · bbabies · bbaies
  • bewies ← bbewies · beiwes · bewiess · bewise · bewwies · bweies · ebwies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "babies" and "bewies" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "babies" is a noun and "bewies" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "babies" vs "bewies" - which ranks higher?
"bewies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,102 in our German list, against #24,628 for "babies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "babies" and "bewies". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "babies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,500,031 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "babies" and "bewies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "babies vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,500,031 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list