bezwangen

[bəˈt͡svaŋən]

/[bəˈt͡svaŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bezwangen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,582 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,582
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bezwingen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bezwangen · bezwangen · German

bezwangen · rank #82,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,582
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bezichtigte

Nearest frequency peer: bezichtigte (-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 „bezwangen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bezwangen
PropertyValue
Headwordbezwangen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈt͡svaŋən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,582
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bezwangen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bezichtigte“ (#82,581), „Bienenwachs“ (#82,583), „bezeugten“ (#82,580). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bezwangen“ bei #82,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bezwangen is uncommon German at frequency #82,582 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈt͡svaŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bezwangen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bezwangen, spelled B-E-Z-W-A-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bezwingen
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bezwingen

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 "bezwangen"?
"bezwangen" is spelled B-E-Z-W-A-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈt͡svaŋən].
What does "bezwangen" mean?
As a verb, "bezwangen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bezwingen
How do you pronounce "bezwangen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bezwangen" is [bəˈt͡svaŋən]. 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 "bezwangen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

bezeugten#82,580blockiere#82,590Bordellen#82,594beschallt#82,569

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list