# beben vs begeben

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### beben
*verb · IPA [ˈbeːbn̩] · frequency rank #17,524*
stark erzittern

### begeben
*verb · IPA [bəˈɡeːbn̩] · frequency rank #6,638*
geschehen, sich ereignen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/beben-vs-begeben