bisonte
[biˈsõn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“bisonte” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,041 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,041
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Bison) Cuadrúpedo rumiante de la América Septentrional, del tamaño y figura de un buey, pero con los cuernos más abiertos, el cerviguillo cubierto de pelo muy largo y erizado, y el lomo arqueada o...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bisonte |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [biˈsõn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bisonte” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bisonte is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,041 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [biˈsõn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Bison) Cuadrúpedo rumiante de la América Septentrional, del tamaño y figura de un buey, pero con los cuernos más abiertos, el cerviguillo cubierto de pelo muy largo y erizado, y el lomo arqueada o...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bisonte, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is bisonte, spelled B-I-S-O-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1(Bison) Cuadrúpedo rumiante de la América Septentrional, del tamaño y figura de un buey, pero con los cuernos más abiertos, el cerviguillo cubierto de pelo muy largo y erizado, y el lomo arqueada o con una giba en medio.
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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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Using “bisonte”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-I-S-O-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.