bicho

noun

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The verdict

“bicho” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,106
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinônimo de animal

Corpus desk

Index PT-bicho · bicho · Portuguese

bicho · rank #7,106 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,106
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bilhete

Nearest frequency peer: bilhete (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “bicho”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “bicho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

bicho vs bico
80% similar
bicho vs bispo
60% similar
bicho vs bingo
60% similar

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

Key facts for bicho
PropertyValue
Headwordbicho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,106
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bicho”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bichocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “bilhete” (#7,107), “asa” (#7,104), “boletim” (#7,108). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bicho” fica em #7,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bicho, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,106 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bicho, with forms such as "bbicho", "bciho", and "biccho". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "bico", "bispo", "bingo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is bicho, spelled B-I-C-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinônimo de animal
  2. 2
    animal de estimação
  3. 3
    termo de tratamento dirigido à pessoa com quem se fala
  4. 4
    em algumas regiões do Brasil (por exemplo, São Paulo), se diz de alunos recém-ingressos em universidades; neste contexto, é frequentemente grafado bixo
  5. 5
    recompensa dada ao jogador de futebol pela vitória
  6. 6
    termo referenciador de pessoa
  7. 7
    verme como os que infestam as frutas ou que decompositam corpos
  8. 8
    fome
  9. 9
    pessoa enraivecida
  10. 10
    algo que é particularmente de muito boa qualidade; estado ou qualidade de excelente
  11. 11
    sexo masculino; pênis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Você tem algum bicho?
  2. É isso aí, bicho!

Synonyms

fera

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbicho
  • bciho
  • biccho
  • bichho
  • bicoh
  • bihco
  • ibcho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bicho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbicho1bciho2biccho1bichho1bicoh2bihco2ibcho2
Edit distance from "bicho"

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 "bicho"?
"bicho" is spelled B-I-C-H-O.
What does "bicho" mean?
As a noun, "bicho" means: sinônimo de animal
What words are commonly confused with "bicho"?
"bicho" is commonly confused with "bico", "bispo", "bingo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bicho" come from?
"bicho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bueno#7,110caçar#7,115turco#7,093saldo#7,080

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

delta7 variantsgrade7 variantsporção7 variantscredo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list