deswegen
[ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩]
The verdict
“deswegen” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #876 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #876
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - rückbezügliches Adverb, das eine Schlussfolgerung aus einem vorgenannten Sachverhalt bezeichnet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deswegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deswegen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for deswegen is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #876 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "rückbezügliches Adverb, das eine Schlussfolgerung aus einem vorgenannten Sachverhalt bezeichnet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for deswegen, with forms such as "ddeswegen", "desewgen", and "desswegen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is deswegen, spelled D-E-S-W-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1rückbezügliches Adverb, das eine Schlussfolgerung aus einem vorgenannten Sachverhalt bezeichnet
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddeswegen,desewgen,desswegen,desweegn,deswegenn,desweggen,deswegne,deswgeen,deswwegen,dewsegen,dsewegen,edswegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deswegen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “deswegen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-S-W-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdɛsˌveːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.