bitcoin
bit·coin/ˈbɪtˌkɔɪn/noun
bitcoin is spelled B-I-T-C-O-I-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables (bit·coin). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bitcoin means “A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bitcoin is bitcoins.
How many letters and syllables are in bitcoin?
| Letters | 7: B-I-T-C-O-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bit·coin |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bitcoin?
Bitcoin appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd 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 bitcoin?
- UK /ˈbɪtkɔɪn/
- US /ˈbɪtˌkɔɪn/
- US [ˈb̥ɪt̚ˌkɔɪ̯n]
Bitcoin has 2 syllables, split bit·coin in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bitcoin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bitcoin
- bitcoins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bitcoin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency.
This item costs one bitcoin.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of bitcoin.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of bitcoin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bitcoin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurr:
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.