bitchvsbitchesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: bitch is a noun, bitches is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bitch” is a noun and “bitches” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,191
“bitch” frequency rank
#42,380
“bitches” frequency rank
60571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bitch bitches
Definition weiblicher Hund, Hündin 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bitch

Letter map: bitch vs bitches

Shared letters muted; letters that set bitch and bitches apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
bitch
7 ch
bitches

Grammar separator: bitch vs bitches

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bitch is anoun and bitchesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “bitch” sits inside “bitches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bitch is recorded at frequency rank #18,191, classified as anoun, pronounced [bɪt͡ʃ]. bitches is at rank #42,380, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 60571, this pair ranks #782,024 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bitch vs bitches

Shared letters: bchit. Private to "bitch": -. Private to "bitches": es.

"bitch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "bitches" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bitchbbitch · bicth · bitcch · bitchh · bithc · bittch · btich · ibtch
  • bitchesbbitches · bicthes · bitcches · bitcehs · bitchess · bitchhes · bitchse · bithces

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bitch" for "bitches" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bitch" is a noun and "bitches" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bitch" vs "bitches" - which ranks higher?
"bitch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,191 in our German list, against #42,380 for "bitches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bitch" and "bitches".

  • Full dictionary entry for "bitch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bitches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #782,024 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bitch" and "bitches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bitches vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #782,024 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list