biscoito
/biʃ.ˈkoj.tu/
The verdict
“biscoito” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,140 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,140
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alimento, geralmente doce, feito de farinha e assado até se tornar crocante
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biscoito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /biʃ.ˈkoj.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “biscoito” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for biscoito is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /biʃ.ˈkoj.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,140 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for biscoito, with forms such as "bbiscoito", "bicsoito", and "bisccoito". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "biscuit", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is biscoito, spelled B-I-S-C-O-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1alimento, geralmente doce, feito de farinha e assado até se tornar crocante
- 2alimento feito de polvilho assado até se tornar crocante
- 3pequeno bolo seco e duro geralmente de formato cilíndrico ou cúbico
- 4bolacha que se come a bordo dos navios e é cozida duas vezes
- 5cerâmica queimada que não foi esmaltada
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbiscoito,bicsoito,bisccoito,biscioto,biscoiot,biscoitto,biscotio,bisocito,bisscoito,bsicoito,ibscoito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of biscoito - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “biscoito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-S-C-O-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /biʃ.ˈkoj.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “biscuit” - see the side-by-side comparison. biscoito vs biscuit
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.