BeschwerdenvsbeschwörenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,867
“Beschwerden” frequency rank
#28,098
“beschwören” frequency rank
32965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Beschwerden beschwören
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Beschwerde eine Aussage durch einen Schwur bekräftigen

Where the eye mixes Beschwerden and beschwören

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Beschwerden runs 11 letters (CVCCCCVCCVC) against beschwören's 10 (CVCCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
Beschwerden
10 ch
beschwören

Look-alike desk: Beschwerden vs beschwören

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Beschwerden is [bəˈʃveːɐ̯dn̩] while beschwören is [bəˈʃvøːʁən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Beschwerden is recorded at frequency rank #4,867, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈʃveːɐ̯dn̩]. beschwören is at rank #28,098, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈʃvøːʁən].

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 32965, this pair ranks #1,696,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Beschwerden vs beschwören

Shared letters: bcehnrsw. Private to "Beschwerden": d. Private to "beschwören": ö.

"Beschwerden" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVC  ·  "beschwören" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Beschwerdenbbeschwerden · becshwerden · bescchwerden · beschewrden · beschhwerden · beschwedren · beschwerdden · beschwerdenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Beschwerden" and "beschwören" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Beschwerden" is a noun and "beschwören" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Beschwerden" or "beschwören" show up more?
"Beschwerden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,867 in our German list, against #28,098 for "beschwören". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Beschwerden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "beschwören" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,696,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Beschwerden" and "beschwören" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beschwere vs beschwören". 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 #1,696,264 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