bewuchs
[bəˈvuːks]
The verdict
“bewuchs” is uncommon German (frequency #67,047 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,047
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bewachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bewuchs · bewuchs · German
bewuchs · rank #67,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,047
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Betzdorf
Nearest frequency peer: Betzdorf (-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 „bewuchs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- besänftigt
besänftigt
32,958 corpus weight
- betraute
betraute
32,957 corpus weight
- Betzdorf
Betzdorf
32,955 corpus weight
- bewuchs
bewuchs
32,954 corpus weight
- bewusstlosen
bewusstlosen
32,953 corpus weight
- beängstigen…
beängstigende
32,951 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bewuchs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bewuchs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈvuːks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bewuchs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bewuchs is uncommon German at frequency #67,047 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈvuːks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bewachsen".
Zero misspellings are on record for bewuchs in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bewuchs, spelled B-E-W-U-C-H-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bewachsen
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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