bitch
The verdict
“bitch” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #29,246 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,246
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - uma cadela, principalmente aquela que acabou de ter filhotes
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 | bitch |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bitch” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bitch is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #29,246 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bitch, with forms such as "bbitch", "bicth", and "bitcch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "both", "butch", "bit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 bitch, spelled B-I-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1uma cadela, principalmente aquela que acabou de ter filhotes
- 2uma reclamação ou queixa
- 3uma dificuldade ou problema incômodo
- 4forma de tratamento entre amigos ou pessoas íntimas
- 5uma mulher maliciosa, vingativa, dominadora, intrusiva e/ou má
- 6um homem maldoso
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbitch,bicth,bitcch,bitchh,bithc,bittch,btich,ibtch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bitch - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “bitch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-I-T-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “both” - see the side-by-side comparison. bitch vs both
- 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.