bjørn

noun

The verdict

“bjørn” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,805 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,805
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - urso, mamífero da família dos ursídeos (Ursidae):

Corpus desk

Index PT-bj-rn · bjørn · Portuguese

bjørn · rank #89,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,805
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bisonte

Nearest frequency peer: bisonte (-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 “bjørn”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bjørn
PropertyValue
Headwordbjørn
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bjørn” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bjørncai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bisonte” (#89,803), “bovinocultura” (#89,816), “brada” (#89,817). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bjørn” fica em #89,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bjørn is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,805 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "urso, mamífero da família dos ursídeos (Ursidae):".

Zero misspellings are on record for bjørn in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is bjørn, spelled B-J-Ø-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    urso, mamífero da família dos ursídeos (Ursidae):

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bjørne vejer fra 300 til 800 kilogram og er typisk brune, sorte eller hvide.

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 "bjørn"?
"bjørn" is spelled B-J-Ø-R-N.
What does "bjørn" mean?
As a noun, "bjørn" means: urso, mamífero da família dos ursídeos (Ursidae):
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bjørn", 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