bewahren

/[bəˈvaːʁən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,868

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

bewahren is aGermanverb. It means: etwas Positives auch in einer schwierigen Situation beibehalten Pronounced [bəˈvaːʁən]. It ranks #4,868 in German word frequency. Often confused with bewährt and bezahlen.

Key facts for bewahren
PropertyValue
Headwordbewahren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈvaːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,868
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bewahren is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvaːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,868 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for bewahren, with forms such as "bbewahren", "beawhren", and "bewahern". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "bewährt", "bezahlen", "bewährte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 bewahren, spelled B-E-W-A-H-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas Positives auch in einer schwierigen Situation beibehalten
  2. 2
    sich etwas erhalten
  3. 3
    vor einer Gefahr schützen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbewahren,beawhren,bewahern,bewahhren,bewahrenn,bewahrne,bewahrren,bewarhen,bewharen,bewwahren,bweahren,ebwahren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bewahren

Misspelling Variants of "bewahren"

bbewahren9beawhren8bewahern8bewahhren9bewahrenn9bewahrne8bewahrren9bewarhen8
Misspelling Variants of "bewahren"

Frequency rank: #4,868 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewahren"?
"bewahren" is spelled B-E-W-A-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvaːʁən].
What does "bewahren" mean?
As a verb, "bewahren" means: etwas Positives auch in einer schwierigen Situation beibehalten
What words are commonly confused with "bewahren"?
"bewahren" is commonly confused with "bewährt", "bezahlen", "bewährte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bewahren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewahren" is [bəˈvaːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewahren" come from?
"bewahren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.