Bewerbungsschreiben
[bəˈvɛʁbʊŋsˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“Bewerbungsschreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #61,357 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,357
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurze, schriftliche Formulierung eines Begehren oder einer Bewerbung
Corpus desk
Index DE-bewerbungsschreiben · Bewerbungsschreiben · German
Bewerbungsschreiben · rank #61,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,357
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bewachte
Nearest frequency peer: bewachte (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bewerbungsschreiben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- betriebsber…
betriebsbereit
38,648 corpus weight
- Bettel
Bettel
38,647 corpus weight
- beurkundet
beurkundet
38,646 corpus weight
- bewachte
bewachte
38,645 corpus weight
- Bewerbungss…
Bewerbungsschreiben
38,644 corpus weight
- Bildungsmin…
Bildungsministerin
38,642 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bewerbungsschreiben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bewerbungsschreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈvɛʁbʊŋsˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #61,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bewerbungsschreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bewerbungsschreiben is uncommon German at frequency #61,357 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈvɛʁbʊŋsˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurze, schriftliche Formulierung eines Begehren oder einer Bewerbung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bewerbungsschreiben in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bewerbungsschreiben, spelled B-E-W-E-R-B-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1kurze, schriftliche Formulierung eines Begehren oder einer Bewerbung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bewerbungsschreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was die formalen Eigenschaften betrifft, ist Übersichtlichkeit wichtig. Die Grundregel lautet: Das Bewerbungsschreiben darf nicht länger als eine DIN-A4-Seite sein.“
Synonyms
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.
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