bitch

\bitʃ\

/\bitʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bitch” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,274
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chienne, chipie, garce, rosse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bitch · bitch · French

bitch · rank #26,274 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,274
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bianchi

Nearest frequency peer: bianchi (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bitch »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bitch » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bitch vs bite
60% similar
bitch vs bits
60% similar
bitch vs both
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bitch
PropertyValue
Headwordbitch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bitʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,274
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bitch »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bitchse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bianchi » (#26,273), « bitcoins » (#26,275), « bergère » (#26,272). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bitch » est au #26,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bitch (IPA \bitʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,274 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chienne, chipie, garce, rosse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bitch, with forms such as "bbitch", "bicth", and "bitcch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "bite", "bits", "both", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bitch, spelled B-I-T-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chienne, chipie, garce, rosse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bitch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’ai passé la journée avec une meuf terrible, une bitch de magazine, beaucoup plus bonne que la plus bonne de tes copines ! Donc je te laisse imaginer la suite, je te fais pas un dessin, ça risque d’être censuré dans le clip.
  2. Les femmes sont toutes des bitchs, dit l’une.

This word in other languages

bitch(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbitch
  • bicth
  • bitcch
  • bitchh
  • bithc
  • bittch
  • btich
  • ibtch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bitch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbitch1bicth2bitcch1bitchh1bithc2bittch1btich2ibtch2
Edit distance from "bitch"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bitch"?
"bitch" is spelled B-I-T-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \bitʃ\.
What does "bitch" mean?
As a noun, "bitch" means: Chienne, chipie, garce, rosse.
What words are commonly confused with "bitch"?
"bitch" is commonly confused with "bite", "bits", "both". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bitch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bitch" is \bitʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bitch" come from?
"bitch" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bitch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Autun#26,268Caleb#26,284calle#26,285Canet#26,286

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

bouleau8 variantsannexée8 variantsamusée8 variantsamidon8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list