bewahre

[bəˈvaːʁə]

/[bəˈvaːʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“bewahre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,269
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewahren

Corpus desk

Index DE-bewahre · bewahre · German

bewahre · rank #24,269 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,269
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bevölkerungsg…

Nearest frequency peer: Bevölkerungsgruppen (-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 „bewahre“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bewahre“ 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).

bewahre vs bewarb
71% similar
bewahre vs bewährt
71% similar
bewahre vs bezahle
71% similar

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

Key facts for bewahre
PropertyValue
Headwordbewahre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈvaːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,269
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bewahre“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bewahreliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bevölkerungsgruppen“ (#24,268), „bewerkstelligen“ (#24,270), „Betroffener“ (#24,267). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bewahre“ bei #24,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bewahre (IPA [bəˈvaːʁə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,269 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bewahre, with forms such as "bbewahre", "beawhre", and "bewaher". 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, "bewarb", "bewährt", "bezahle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bewahre, spelled B-E-W-A-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewahren
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewahren
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewahren
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewahren

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbewahre
  • beawhre
  • bewaher
  • bewahhre
  • bewahrre
  • bewarhe
  • bewhare
  • bewwahre
  • bweahre
  • ebwahre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bewahre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbewahre1beawhre2bewaher2bewahhre1bewahrre1bewarhe2bewhare2bewwahre1
Edit distance from "bewahre"

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 "bewahre"?
"bewahre" is spelled B-E-W-A-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvaːʁə].
What does "bewahre" mean?
As a verb, "bewahre" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewahren
What words are commonly confused with "bewahre"?
"bewahre" is commonly confused with "bewarb", "bewährt", "bezahle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bewahre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewahre" is [bəˈvaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewahre" come from?
"bewahre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bedarfs#24,257Cologne#24,282commons#24,283Bahrain#24,253

Similar misspelling depth

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

Balladen10 variantseintraf10 variantsendeten10 variantsZucchini10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list