Bison
[ˈbi:zɔn]
The verdict
“Bison” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,158 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,158
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bisonte americano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bison · Bison · Spanish
Bison · rank #98,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,158
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Betsabé
Nearest frequency peer: Betsabé (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Bison”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bañista
bañista
1,852 corpus weight
- Betsabé
Betsabé
1,845 corpus weight
- Bison
Bison
1,843 corpus weight
- boicotearon
boicotearon
1,840 corpus weight
- boquiabierta
boquiabierta
1,838 corpus weight
- boyante
boyante
1,833 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Bison” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bison |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbi:zɔn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Bison” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Bison is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,158 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbi:zɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bisonte americano.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bison in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Bison, spelled B-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bisonte americano.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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