beschwert
[bəˈʃveːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“beschwert” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,520 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,520
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beschweren
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beschwert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃveːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beschwert” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for beschwert is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃveːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,520 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beschweren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for beschwert, with forms such as "bbeschwert", "becshwert", and "bescchwert". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "beschwört", "beschwerte", "beschert", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is beschwert, spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beschweren
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeschwert,becshwert,bescchwert,beschewrt,beschhwert,beschwerrt,beschwertt,beschwetr,beschwret,beschwwert,bescwhert,beshcwert,besschwert,bsechwert,ebschwert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beschwert - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Using “beschwert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-C-H-W-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃveːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “beschwört” - see the side-by-side comparison. beschwert vs beschwört
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.