bipartite
/baɪˈpɑːtaɪt/
"bipartite" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bipartite” is uncommon English (frequency #82,101 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,101
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having two parts (two principal or main parts).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bipartite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /baɪˈpɑːtaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bipartite” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bipartite is uncommon English at frequency #82,101 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /baɪˈpɑːtaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bipartite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin bipartītus (“bisected”), perfect passive participle of bipartiō (“I divide into two parts, bisect”). The correct English form is bipartite, spelled B-I-P-A-R-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Having two parts (two principal or main parts).
- 2Having two participants; joint.
- 3Divided into two at the base.
- 4Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)
Etymology
From Latin bipartītus (“bisected”), perfect passive participle of bipartiō (“I divide into two parts, bisect”).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “bipartite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-I-P-A-R-T-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /baɪˈpɑːtaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.