bisão
/bi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“bisão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,274 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,274
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grande mamífero ungulado, bovídeo (Bovidae) e ruminante do gênero Bison, com duas espécies ainda existentes, o bisão-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisão-americano, (Bison bison)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bisão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bisão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bisão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,274 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grande mamífero ungulado, bovídeo (Bovidae) e ruminante do gênero Bison, com duas espécies ainda existentes, o bisão-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisão-americano, (Bison bison)".
bisão has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is bisão, spelled B-I-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1grande mamífero ungulado, bovídeo (Bovidae) e ruminante do gênero Bison, com duas espécies ainda existentes, o bisão-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisão-americano, (Bison bison)
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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 “bisão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-S-Ã-O - 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.