bissig
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#48,011
in German word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
5
similar word pairs
bissig is anGermanadj. It means: charakterlich so, dass jemand/etwas zum schnellen Zubeißen neigt Pronounced [ˈbɪsɪç]. Often confused with Bussi and Biss.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bissig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adj |
| IPA | [ˈbɪsɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bissig is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɪsɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,011 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bissig, with forms such as "bbissig", "bisig", and "bisisg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Bussi", "Biss", "billig", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bissig, spelled B-I-S-S-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1charakterlich so, dass jemand/etwas zum schnellen Zubeißen neigt
- 2scharf, pointiert formuliert und dadurch oft verletzend
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbissig,bisig,bisisg,bissgi,bissigg,bißig,bsisig,ibssig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "bissig"
Frequency rank: #48,011 in German
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Nearby German words
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