bewerkstelligen
[bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡn̩]
The verdict
“bewerkstelligen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,270 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #24,270
- frequency rank, German
- 15
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas meistern, zufriedenstellend vollenden, erreichen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bewerkstelligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #24,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bewerkstelligen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bewerkstelligen is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,270 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas meistern, zufriedenstellend vollenden, erreichen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for bewerkstelligen, with forms such as "bbewerkstelligen", "beewrkstelligen", and "bewekrstelligen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bewerkstelligen, spelled B-E-W-E-R-K-S-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas meistern, zufriedenstellend vollenden, erreichen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbewerkstelligen,beewrkstelligen,bewekrstelligen,bewerkkstelligen,bewerksetlligen,bewerksstelligen,bewerksteligen,bewerkstelilgen,bewerkstellgien,bewerkstelliegn,bewerkstelligenn,bewerkstelliggen,bewerkstelligne,bewerkstleligen,bewerksttelligen,bewerktselligen,bewerrkstelligen,bewersktelligen,bewrekstelligen,bewwerkstelligen,bweerkstelligen,ebwerkstelligen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bewerkstelligen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bewerkstelligen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-W-E-R-K-S-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈvɛʁkʃtɛliɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.