bewohnt
[bəˈvoːnt]
The verdict
“bewohnt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #14,026 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #14,026
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht leer stehend
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 | bewohnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈvoːnt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bewohnt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bewohnt is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈvoːnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,026 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht leer stehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bewohnt, with forms such as "bbewohnt", "beowhnt", and "bewhont". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bewölkt", "bewohnte", "bewohnten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bewohnt, spelled B-E-W-O-H-N-T.
Definition
- 1nicht leer stehend
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbewohnt,beowhnt,bewhont,bewohhnt,bewohnnt,bewohntt,bewohtn,bewonht,bewwohnt,bweohnt,ebwohnt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bewohnt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “bewohnt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-W-O-H-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈvoːnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bewölkt” - see the side-by-side comparison. bewohnt vs bewölkt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.