bis
/bɪs/adverb, noun
bis is spelled B-I-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, bis means “Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bis?
| Letters | 3: B-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 bis?
Bis appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 bis?
- /bɪs/
As a noun: /baɪz/.
Bis has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-bis_(2).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-bis_(1).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bis?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bis.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sib.
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).
What does bis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
noun
- 1
plural of bi
noun
- 1
Initialism of best in slot (“the best piece of equipment a character is able to equip in a certain equipment slot”).
noun
- 1
Initialism of behavioral inhibition system.
- 2
Alternative form of BiS.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bis come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).