bicicleta
[bi.si.ˈklɛ.tɐ]
The verdict
“bicicleta” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,375 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,375
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veículo de duas rodas movido a força humana
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bicicleta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bi.si.ˈklɛ.tɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bicicleta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bicicleta is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bi.si.ˈklɛ.tɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,375 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bicicleta, with forms such as "bbicicleta", "bciicleta", and "biccicleta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is bicicleta, spelled B-I-C-I-C-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1veículo de duas rodas movido a força humana
- 2lance em que um jogador, geralmente atacante, de costas para o gol adversário, gira o corpo e chuta a bola por cima da cabeça, para trás
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbicicleta,bciicleta,biccicleta,biccileta,biciccleta,bicicelta,bicicleat,bicicletta,biciclleta,bicicltea,bicilceta,biiccleta,ibcicleta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bicicleta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “bicicleta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-C-I-C-L-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bi.si.ˈklɛ.tɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.