bile
/ˈbi.li/
The verdict
“bile” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #49,325 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,325
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)
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 | bile |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbi.li/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bile” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bile is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbi.li/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,325 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bile, with forms such as "bbile", "biel", and "bille". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bin", "bit", "bis", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bile, spelled B-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbile,biel,bille,blie,ible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bile - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “bile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbi.li/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bin” - see the side-by-side comparison. bile vs bin
- 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.