Which to use
“bewogen” is a verb and “bezogen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,478
- “bewogen” frequency rank
- #3,301
- “bezogen” frequency rank
- 33779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewogen | bezogen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bewegen | eine Sinnverbindung mit etwas habend, herstellend oder nennend |
Where the eye mixes bewogen and bezogen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bewogen and bezogen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: bewogen vs bezogen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bewogen is [bəˈvoːɡn̩] while bezogen is [bəˈt͡soːɡn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - w in “bewogen” becomes z in “bezogen”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bewogen is recorded at frequency rank #30,478, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈvoːɡn̩]. bezogen is at rank #3,301, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈt͡soːɡn̩].
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 33779, this pair ranks #1,678,300 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bewogen vs bezogen
Shared letters: begno. Private to "bewogen": w. Private to "bezogen": z.
"bewogen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "bezogen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bewogen" for "bezogen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bewogen" vs "bezogen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bewogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bezogen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,678,300 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewogen" and "bezogen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewegend vs bewogen". 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 #1,678,300 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.