Bewässerungsgraben
[bəˈvɛsəʁʊŋsˌɡʁaːbən]
The verdict
“Bewässerungsgraben” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Graben, der in trockenen Gegenden angelegt wurde, um Felder oder Gärten mit Wasser zu versorgen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bewässerungsgraben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈvɛsəʁʊŋsˌɡʁaːbən] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bewässerungsgraben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bewässerungsgraben is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvɛsəʁʊŋsˌɡʁaːbən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Graben, der in trockenen Gegenden angelegt wurde, um Felder oder Gärten mit Wasser zu versorgen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bewässerungsgraben, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct German form is Bewässerungsgraben, spelled B-E-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-U-N-G-S-G-R-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Graben, der in trockenen Gegenden angelegt wurde, um Felder oder Gärten mit Wasser zu versorgen
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bewässerungsgraben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-U-N-G-S-G-R-A-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈvɛsəʁʊŋsˌɡʁaːbən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.