son of a bitch

[ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ]

/[ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ]/ phrase

The verdict

“son of a bitch” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hijo de puta, hijo de la chingada (México).

Key facts for son of a bitch
PropertyValue
Headwordson of a bitch
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “son of a bitch” sits in Spanish frequency

son of a bitch falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for son of a bitch is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hijo de puta, hijo de la chingada (México).".

No misspelling variants are generated for son of a bitch 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 son of a bitch, spelled S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -B-I-T-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hijo de puta, hijo de la chingada (México).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "son of a bitch"?
"son of a bitch" is spelled S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -B-I-T-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ].
What does "son of a bitch" mean?
As a phrase, "son of a bitch" means: Hijo de puta, hijo de la chingada (México).
How do you pronounce "son of a bitch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "son of a bitch" is [ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "son of a bitch" come from?
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Using “son of a bitch”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -B-I-T-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌsʌn.əv.əˈbɪtʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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