bih

/bɪ(ː)/

//bɪ(ː)// noun

"bih" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bih” is uncommon English (frequency #55,280 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,280
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bitch.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bih · bih · English

bih · rank #55,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,280
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bier

Nearest frequency peer: bier (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “bih”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “bih” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bih
PropertyValue
Headwordbih
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɪ(ː)/
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bih” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).bihfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “bier” (#55,279), “biliary” (#55,281), “bibliographical” (#55,278). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bih” is #55,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bih is uncommon English at frequency #55,280 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɪ(ː)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bitch.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bih, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: bitch + -h. The correct English form is bih, spelled B-I-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A bitch.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bih appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You don't want no problem, want no problem with me, bih!
  2. Shoulda vaselined that bih. Forgot to vaseline that bih.

Etymology

bitch + -h.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bih"?
"bih" is spelled B-I-H. The IPA pronunciation is /bɪ(ː)/.
What does "bih" mean?
As a noun, "bih" means: A bitch.
How do you pronounce "bih"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bih" is /bɪ(ː)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "bih"?
bitch + -h. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bih", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list