bija

/[ˈbixa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#94,935

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bija is aSpanishnoun. It means: Especia usada en para dar color a la comida. Se utiliza también por los indígenas en rostro y cuerpo en algunos rituales. Pronounced [ˈbixa].

Key facts for bija
PropertyValue
Headwordbija
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbixa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#94,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bija in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bija is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbixa]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,935 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Especia usada en para dar color a la comida. Se utiliza también por los indígenas en rostro y cuerpo en algunos rituales.".

No misspelling variants are generated for bija in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bija, spelled B-I-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Especia usada en para dar color a la comida. Se utiliza también por los indígenas en rostro y cuerpo en algunos rituales.

Frequency rank: #94,935 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bija"?
"bija" is spelled B-I-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbixa].
What does "bija" mean?
As a noun, "bija" means: Especia usada en para dar color a la comida. Se utiliza también por los indígenas en rostro y cuerpo en algunos rituales.
How do you pronounce "bija"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bija" is [ˈbixa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bija" come from?
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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.