bewuchs

[bəˈvuːks]

/[bəˈvuːks]/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bewuchs
PropertyValue
Headwordbewuchs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈvuːks]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bewuchs“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bewuchsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Betzdorf“ (#67,046), „bewusstlosen“ (#67,048), „betraute“ (#67,044). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bewuchs“ bei #67,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    3. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bewuchs"?
"bewuchs" is spelled B-E-W-U-C-H-S. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈvuːks].
What does "bewuchs" mean?
As a verb, "bewuchs" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bewachsen
How do you pronounce "bewuchs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bewuchs" is [bəˈvuːks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bewuchs" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list