bewilligt

/[bəˈvɪlɪçt]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,580

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

bewilligt is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bewilligen Pronounced [bəˈvɪlɪçt]. Often confused with billigt and bewilligte.

Key facts for bewilligt
PropertyValue
Headwordbewilligt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈvɪlɪçt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,580
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bewilligt is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvɪlɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,580 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bewilligen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for bewilligt, with forms such as "bbewilligt", "beiwlligt", and "bewiligt". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "billigt", "bewilligte", "bewältigt", 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 bewilligt, spelled B-E-W-I-L-L-I-G-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bewilligen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbewilligt,beiwlligt,bewiligt,bewililgt,bewillgit,bewilliggt,bewilligtt,bewillitg,bewliligt,bewwilligt,bweilligt,ebwilligt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bewilligt

Misspelling Variants of "bewilligt"

bbewilligt10beiwlligt9bewiligt8bewililgt9bewillgit9bewilliggt10bewilligtt10bewillitg9
Misspelling Variants of "bewilligt"

Frequency rank: #15,580 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewilligt"?
"bewilligt" is spelled B-E-W-I-L-L-I-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvɪlɪçt].
What does "bewilligt" mean?
As a verb, "bewilligt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bewilligen
What words are commonly confused with "bewilligt"?
"bewilligt" is commonly confused with "billigt", "bewilligte", "bewältigt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bewilligt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewilligt" is [bəˈvɪlɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewilligt" come from?
"bewilligt" 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.