bezwingen
\bəˈt͡svɪŋən\
The verdict
“bezwingen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaincre, battre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bezwingen · bezwingen · French
bezwingen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bezwingen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈt͡svɪŋən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bezwingen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈt͡svɪŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bezwingen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bezwingen, spelled B-E-Z-W-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Vaincre, battre.
- 2Surmonter (une difficulté).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bezwingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Tag hatte mit einem anderen, zumindest für WM-Co-Gastgeber Lettland historischen Ereignis begonnen: Die Mannschaft von Trainer Harijs Vitolins bezwang wie am Vortag die Deutschen die USA nach Verlängerung 4:3 und holte sich zum ersten Mal eine WM-Medaille: Bronze.
Der Blick auf ihn wurde nach verschiedenen Krankheiten, über die er öffentlich sprach, versöhnlicher. Den Hautkrebs bezwang er. Dem Lungenkrebs erlag Christoph Daum im Alter von 70 Jahren an diesem Sonntag.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.