Bewilligung
[bəˈvɪlɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Bewilligung” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,054. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,054
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - formelle (amtliche) Zustimmung zu einem Vorhaben
Corpus desk
Index DE-bewilligung · Bewilligung · German
Bewilligung · rank #23,054 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,054
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bewaffneter
Nearest frequency peer: bewaffneter (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Bewilligung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- besteigen
besteigen
76,951 corpus weight
- Bethlehem
Bethlehem
76,950 corpus weight
- bewaffneter
bewaffneter
76,948 corpus weight
- Bewilligung
Bewilligung
76,947 corpus weight
- bewusster
bewusster
76,946 corpus weight
- bezahlst
bezahlst
76,944 corpus weight
What this shows „Bewilligung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Bewilligung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈvɪlɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #23,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bewilligung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Bewilligung (IPA [bəˈvɪlɪɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,054 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bewilligung, with forms such as "bbewilligung", "beiwlligung", and "bewiligung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Billigung", "Bewältigung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bewilligung, spelled B-E-W-I-L-L-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1formelle (amtliche) Zustimmung zu einem Vorhaben
- 2das formelle (amtliche) Zustimmen zu einem Vorhaben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bewilligung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Aufstellen einer Sänfte im Bereich einer Fußgeherzone bedarf dann keiner Bewilligung gem § 82 Abs 1 StVO, wenn dies in der Absicht erfolgt, die Sänfte von dort aus bestimmungsgemäß, also für einen Personentransport auf einer Straße mit öffentlichem Verkehr, einzusetzen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbewilligung
- beiwlligung
- bewiligung
- bewililgung
- bewillgiung
- bewilliggung
- bewillignug
- bewilligugn
- bewilligungg
- bewilligunng
- bewilliugng
- bewliligung
- bewwilligung
- bweilligung
- ebwilligung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bewilligung - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).