bi
The verdict
“bi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,501) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #7,501
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bissexual
Corpus desk
Index PT-bi · bi · Portuguese
bi · rank #7,501 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,501
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH boneca
Nearest frequency peer: boneca (+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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bi”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- assento
assento
92,504 corpus weight
- baía
baía
92,502 corpus weight
- bi
bi
92,500 corpus weight
- boneca
boneca
92,499 corpus weight
- brigadeiro
brigadeiro
92,498 corpus weight
- car
car
92,496 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “bi” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #7,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bi”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for bi is neighbouring look-alikes ("by", "BR", …), not just typos; it is anadjective. Frequency #7,501 among 840 “B” headwords. Gloss: "bissexual".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bi, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BR", "bo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bi, spelled B-I.
Definition
- 1bissexual
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O rapaz é bi, não é esquisito.
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.