bê

Name: bê, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈbe/

//ˈbe// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“bê” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,977 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,977
frequency rank, Portuguese: 840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome da segunda letra do alfabeto português (B/b)

Corpus desk

Index PT-be · bê · Portuguese

bê · rank #58,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #58,977
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 840
PHOTO-FINISH bão

Nearest frequency peer: bão (-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.

boiada

41,041
bão

41,025
bê

41,024
casebre

41,011
castrense

41,010
cervejeiro

41,003

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bê” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Key facts for bê
Property	Value
Headword	bê
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈbe/
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#58,977
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bê” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bêcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#58,977

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bão” (#58,976), “casebre” (#58,990), “castrense” (#58,991). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bê” fica em #58,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bê is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,977 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbe/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nome da segunda letra do alfabeto português (B/b)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bê in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is bê, spelled B-Ê.

Definition

1
nome da segunda letra do alfabeto português (B/b)

This word in other languages

bee(English)be(Español)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bê"?

"bê" is spelled B-Ê. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbe/.

What does "bê" mean?

As a noun, "bê" means: nome da segunda letra do alfabeto português (B/b)

How do you pronounce "bê"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bê" is /ˈbe/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "bê" come from?

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