bps
noun
bps is spelled B-P-S: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bps means “Initialism of bit per second, a measure of speed of digital communication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bps?
| Letters | 3: B-P-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 bps?
Bps appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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).
What does bps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of bit per second, a measure of speed of digital communication.
- 2
informalbaud rate
In most digital systems using binary code, 1 Baud = 1 bps. https://newhavendisplay.com/blog/baud-rate/#difference
- 3
Initialism of basis point, ‱.
noun
- 1
Initialism of byte per second.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of bisphenol S.
- 2
Initialism of bladder pain syndrome.
- 3
Initialism of battered person syndrome.
noun
- 1
plural of BP
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bps in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bytes per second:
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.