bisca
/ˈbiʃ.kɐ/
The verdict
“bisca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,519 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,519
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jogo do baralho
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bisca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbiʃ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bisca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bisca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,519 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbiʃ.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jogo do baralho".
bisca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 bisca, spelled B-I-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1jogo do baralho
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 “bisca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-S-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbiʃ.kɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.