bewirken
[bəˈvɪʁkn̩]
The verdict
“bewirken” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,731
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - eine Wirkung herbeiführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bewirken · bewirken · German
bewirken · rank #7,731 · 12 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,731
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Besonderheiten
Nearest frequency peer: Besonderheiten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bewirken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- beseitigt
beseitigt
92,273 corpus weight
- besetzen
besetzen
92,272 corpus weight
- Besonderhei…
Besonderheiten
92,271 corpus weight
- bewirken
bewirken
92,270 corpus weight
- bravo
bravo
92,269 corpus weight
- Brett
Brett
92,268 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bewirken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | bewirken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈvɪʁkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bewirken” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bewirken (IPA [bəˈvɪʁkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,731 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Wirkung herbeiführen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bewirken, with forms such as "bbewirken", "beiwrken", and "bewikren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Birken", "bewirkt", "Bezirke", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bewirken, spelled B-E-W-I-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Wirkung herbeiführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bewirken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die hohen Temperaturen bewirken das Schmelzen des Stahls.
Was hat er mit seiner Diplomatie bewirkt? Er hat den Krieg ausgelöst und eine hohe Verschuldung des Staates verursacht.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbewirken
- beiwrken
- bewikren
- bewirekn
- bewirkenn
- bewirkken
- bewirkne
- bewirrken
- bewriken
- bewwirken
- bweirken
- ebwirken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bewirken - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bewirken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.