bisca
/ˈbiʃ.kɐ/
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
- assíncrono
assíncrono
6,521 corpus weight
- bandalheira
bandalheira
6,496 corpus weight
- berbequim
berbequim
6,485 corpus weight
- bisca
bisca
6,482 corpus weight
- boeira
boeira
6,477 corpus weight
- calistenia
calistenia
6,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bisca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bisca” em português
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
- 1jogo do baralho
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bisca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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"?
What does "bisca" mean?
How do you pronounce "bisca"?
What language does "bisca" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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).