bewohnbar

[bəˈvoːnbaːɐ̯]

/[bəˈvoːnbaːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“bewohnbar” is uncommon German (frequency #50,331 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,331
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Bewohnen geeignet

Corpus desk

Index DE-bewohnbar · bewohnbar · German

bewohnbar · rank #50,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,331
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bewerberinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Bewerberinnen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bewohnbar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bewohnbar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bewohnbar
PropertyValue
Headwordbewohnbar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈvoːnbaːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bewohnbar“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bewohnbarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bewerberinnen“ (#50,330), „bevollmächtigte“ (#50,329), „bezuschusst“ (#50,333). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bewohnbar“ bei #50,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bewohnbar is uncommon German at frequency #50,331 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈvoːnbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Bewohnen geeignet".

bewohnbar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bewohnbar, spelled B-E-W-O-H-N-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Bewohnen geeignet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bewohnbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein internationales Forscherteam hat eine potenziell bewohnbare "Super-Erde" in einem nahen Sternsystem aufgespürt.“
  2. „Seit November 2000 ist die ISS bewohnbar und Arbeitsplatz für ein kleines Astronauten-Team.“

Antonyms

unbewohnbar

This word in other languages

habitable(English)habitable(Español)habitable(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewohnbar"?
"bewohnbar" is spelled B-E-W-O-H-N-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvoːnbaːɐ̯].
What does "bewohnbar" mean?
As an adjective, "bewohnbar" means: zum Bewohnen geeignet
How do you pronounce "bewohnbar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewohnbar" is [bəˈvoːnbaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bewohnbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bestreite#50,327besiedeln#50,325beerdigen#50,312Baldachin#50,304

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list