bisca

/ˈbiʃ.kɐ/

//ˈbiʃ.kɐ// noun

The verdict

“bisca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,519 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,519
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jogo do baralho

Corpus desk

Index PT-bisca · bisca · Portuguese

bisca · rank #93,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,519
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH berbequim

Nearest frequency peer: berbequim (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bisca”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bisca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bisca
PropertyValue
Headwordbisca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbiʃ.kɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#93,519
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bisca” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.biscacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “berbequim” (#93,516), “boeira” (#93,524), “bandalheira” (#93,505). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bisca” fica em #93,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bisca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,519 among 840 “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

  1. 1
    jogo do baralho

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bisca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ele gostava de jogar bisca

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bisca"?
"bisca" is spelled B-I-S-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbiʃ.kɐ/.
What does "bisca" mean?
As a noun, "bisca" means: jogo do baralho
How do you pronounce "bisca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bisca" is /ˈbiʃ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bisca" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bisca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list