bigender
/baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/adjective, noun
bigender is spelled B-I-G-E-N-D-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bigender means “Having two genders simultaneously, most commonly male and female” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bigender?
| Letters | 8: B-I-G-E-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bigender?
Bigender appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bigender?
- US /baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/
- UK /baɪˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
Bigender has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bigender.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bigender?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bigender from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: breeding.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bigender
- bigenders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bigender mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having two genders simultaneously, most commonly male and female.
- 2
Having a tendency to move between feminine and masculine gender-typed behaviour depending on context.
noun
- 1
A bigender person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate bigender?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of bigender: bi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bigender in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having two genders simultaneously:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bigenre |
| Portuguese | bigênero |
| Spanish | bigénero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bigender come from?
From bi- + gender.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).