bisonte

/bi.ˈzõ.tɨ/

//bi.ˈzõ.tɨ// noun

The verdict

“bisonte” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,803 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,803
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande mamífero ungulado, bovídeo (Bovidae) e ruminante do gênero Bison, com duas espécies ainda existentes, o bisonte-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisonte-americano, (Bison bison

Corpus desk

Index PT-bisonte · bisonte · Portuguese

bisonte · rank #89,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,803
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bjørn

Nearest frequency peer: bjørn (+2 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 “bisonte”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bisonte
PropertyValue
Headwordbisonte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bi.ˈzõ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bisonte” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bisontecai 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: “bjørn” (#89,805), “Baran” (#89,790), “bovinocultura” (#89,816). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bisonte” fica em #89,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bisonte is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,803 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bi.ˈzõ.tɨ/. 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 bisonte-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisonte-americano, (Bison bison".

bisonte has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bisonte, spelled B-I-S-O-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande mamífero ungulado, bovídeo (Bovidae) e ruminante do gênero Bison, com duas espécies ainda existentes, o bisonte-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisonte-americano, (Bison bison

This word in other languages

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 "bisonte"?
"bisonte" is spelled B-I-S-O-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /bi.ˈzõ.tɨ/.
What does "bisonte" mean?
As a noun, "bisonte" means: grande mamífero ungulado, bovídeo (Bovidae) e ruminante do gênero Bison, com duas espécies ainda existentes, o bisonte-europeu, (Bison bonasus), e o bisonte-americano, (Bison bison
How do you pronounce "bisonte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bisonte" is /bi.ˈzõ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bisonte" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list