bewachsen

/[bəˈvaksn̩]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,979

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bewachsen is anGermanadj. It means: von einer Pflanze bedeckt, Bewuchs von einer Pflanze aufweisend Pronounced [bəˈvaksn̩].

Key facts for bewachsen
PropertyValue
Headwordbewachsen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈvaksn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bewachsen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bewachsen is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvaksn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,979 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von einer Pflanze bedeckt, Bewuchs von einer Pflanze aufweisend".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bewachsen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bewachsen, spelled B-E-W-A-C-H-S-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einer Pflanze bedeckt, Bewuchs von einer Pflanze aufweisend

Frequency rank: #51,979 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewachsen"?
"bewachsen" is spelled B-E-W-A-C-H-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvaksn̩].
What does "bewachsen" mean?
As an adj, "bewachsen" means: von einer Pflanze bedeckt, Bewuchs von einer Pflanze aufweisend
How do you pronounce "bewachsen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewachsen" is [bəˈvaksn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewachsen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.