bemühen

[bəˈmyːən]

/[bəˈmyːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bemühen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,041
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich Mühe geben, sich anstrengen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bemuhen · bemühen · German

bemühen · rank #6,041 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,041
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Becken

Nearest frequency peer: Becken (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bemühen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bemühen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bemühen vs bemüht
71% similar
bemühen vs beugen
57% similar
bemühen vs blühen
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bemühen
PropertyValue
Headwordbemühen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈmyːən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,041
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bemühen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bemühenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Becken“ (#6,040), „benachbarten“ (#6,042), „ASS“ (#6,039). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bemühen“ bei #6,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bemühen (IPA [bəˈmyːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,041 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bemühen, with forms such as "bbemühen", "bemhüen", and "bemmühen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bemüht", "beugen", "blühen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bemühen, spelled B-E-M-Ü-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich Mühe geben, sich anstrengen
  2. 2
    jemanden oder etwas zu Rate ziehen, jemanden um Hilfe bei etwas bitten
  3. 3
    sich um jemanden kümmern
  4. 4
    jemandem zu gefallen versuchen
  5. 5
    an einen Ort gehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bemühen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Würden Sie sich bitte etwas mehr bemühen?
  2. Bitte bemühen Sie sich nicht!

Synonyms

anstrengenbefragenbenutzenkonsultierenzu Rate ziehen

Antonyms

faulenzen

This word in other languages

try(English)esforzarse(Español)s’efforcer(Français)esforçar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbemühen
  • bemhüen
  • bemmühen
  • bemüehn
  • bemühenn
  • bemühhen
  • bemühne
  • beümhen
  • bmeühen
  • ebmühen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bemühen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbemühen1bemhüen2bemmühen1bemüehn2bemühenn1bemühhen1bemühne2beümhen2
Edit distance from "bemühen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bemühen"?
"bemühen" is spelled B-E-M-Ü-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈmyːən].
What does "bemühen" mean?
As a verb, "bemühen" means: sich Mühe geben, sich anstrengen
What words are commonly confused with "bemühen"?
"bemühen" is commonly confused with "bemüht", "beugen", "blühen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bemühen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bemühen" is [bəˈmyːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bemühen" come from?
"bemühen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bemühen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list