bewiesen
[bəˈviːzn̩]
The verdict
“bewiesen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,332 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,332
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beweisen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bewiesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈviːzn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bewiesen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bewiesen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈviːzn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,332 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beweisen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bewiesen, with forms such as "bbewiesen", "beiwesen", and "bewieesn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "beziehen", "bewirken", "bewies", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bewiesen, spelled B-E-W-I-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beweisen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbewiesen,beiwesen,bewieesn,bewiesenn,bewiesne,bewiessen,bewiseen,bewwiesen,bweiesen,ebwiesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bewiesen - 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 “bewiesen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-W-I-E-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈviːzn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “beziehen” - see the side-by-side comparison. bewiesen vs beziehen
- 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.