bipartite
/baɪˈpɑːtaɪt/
"bipartite" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bipartite” is uncommon English (frequency #82,101 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,101
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having two parts (two principal or main parts).
Corpus desk
Index EN-bipartite · bipartite · English
bipartite · rank #82,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,101
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Birgitte
Nearest frequency peer: Birgitte (+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 “bipartite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bibliophile
bibliophile
17,906 corpus weight
- bicentenary
bicentenary
17,905 corpus weight
- billow
billow
17,903 corpus weight
- bipartite
bipartite
17,900 corpus weight
- Birgitte
Birgitte
17,899 corpus weight
- blart
blart
17,893 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bipartite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “bipartite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bipartite is uncommon English at frequency #82,101 among 4,121 “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)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bipartite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: bifid, bilobar, bilobular, split, forked
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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