Bewerbung

/[bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,571

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Bewerbung is aGermannoun. It means: Handlung, mit der man sich um etwas bemüht, das man erreichen/haben möchte Pronounced [bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ]. It ranks #5,571 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bewertung and Bewirtung.

Key facts for Bewerbung
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HeadwordBewerbung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,571
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bewerbung is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,571 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bewerbung, with forms such as "bbewerbung", "beewrbung", and "bewebrung". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Bewertung", "Bewirtung", "Bewerbungen", 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 Bewerbung, spelled B-E-W-E-R-B-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung, mit der man sich um etwas bemüht, das man erreichen/haben möchte
  2. 2
    Handlung, mit der man sich um etwas bemüht, das man erreichen/haben möchte
  3. 3
    Handlung, mit der man sich um etwas bemüht, das man erreichen/haben möchte
  4. 4
    Dokument, mit dem man sich für etwas bewirbt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbewerbung,beewrbung,bewebrung,bewerbbung,bewerbnug,bewerbugn,bewerbungg,bewerbunng,bewerrbung,bewerubng,bewrebung,bewwerbung,bweerbung,ebwerbung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bewerbung

Misspelling Variants of "Bewerbung"

bbewerbung10beewrbung9bewebrung9bewerbbung10bewerbnug9bewerbugn9bewerbungg10bewerbunng10
Misspelling Variants of "Bewerbung"

Frequency rank: #5,571 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bewerbung"?
"Bewerbung" is spelled B-E-W-E-R-B-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ].
What does "Bewerbung" mean?
As a noun, "Bewerbung" means: Handlung, mit der man sich um etwas bemüht, das man erreichen/haben möchte
What words are commonly confused with "Bewerbung"?
"Bewerbung" is commonly confused with "Bewertung", "Bewirtung", "Bewerbungen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bewerbung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bewerbung" is [bəˈvɛʁbʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bewerbung" come from?
"Bewerbung" 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.