bimestral
/bi.mɨʃ.ˈtɾaɫ/
The verdict
“bimestral” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,263 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,263
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que dura dois meses (um sexto de ano)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bimestral |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bi.mɨʃ.ˈtɾaɫ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bimestral” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bimestral is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,263 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bi.mɨʃ.ˈtɾaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bimestral doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 bimestral, spelled B-I-M-E-S-T-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1que dura dois meses (um sexto de ano)
- 2que se realiza de neste período
Synonyms
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 “bimestral”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-M-E-S-T-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.