bewohnen

/[bəˈvoːnən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,966

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

bewohnen is aGermanverb. It means: in einem Gebäude wohnen, etwas als Wohnraum nutzen Pronounced [bəˈvoːnən]. Often confused with Bohnen and bewohnt.

Key facts for bewohnen
PropertyValue
Headwordbewohnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈvoːnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,966
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bewohnen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvoːnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,966 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in einem Gebäude wohnen, etwas als Wohnraum nutzen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for bewohnen, with forms such as "bbewohnen", "beowhnen", and "bewhonen". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Bohnen", "bewohnt", "Bewohner", and more, 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 bewohnen, spelled B-E-W-O-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in einem Gebäude wohnen, etwas als Wohnraum nutzen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbewohnen,beowhnen,bewhonen,bewohenn,bewohhnen,bewohnenn,bewohnne,bewohnnen,bewonhen,bewwohnen,bweohnen,ebwohnen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bewohnen

Misspelling Variants of "bewohnen"

bbewohnen9beowhnen8bewhonen8bewohenn8bewohhnen9bewohnenn9bewohnne8bewohnnen9
Misspelling Variants of "bewohnen"

Frequency rank: #31,966 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewohnen"?
"bewohnen" is spelled B-E-W-O-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvoːnən].
What does "bewohnen" mean?
As a verb, "bewohnen" means: in einem Gebäude wohnen, etwas als Wohnraum nutzen
What words are commonly confused with "bewohnen"?
"bewohnen" is commonly confused with "Bohnen", "bewohnt", "Bewohner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bewohnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewohnen" is [bəˈvoːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewohnen" come from?
"bewohnen" 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.