Bandit

/[banˈdiːt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,152

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Bandit is aGermannoun. It means: Verbrecher, Straßenräuber, der meist einer kriminellen Gruppe angehört Pronounced [banˈdiːt]. Often confused with bands and Brandt.

Key facts for Bandit
PropertyValue
HeadwordBandit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[banˈdiːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,152
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bandit in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bandit is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [banˈdiːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,152 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verbrecher, Straßenräuber, der meist einer kriminellen Gruppe angehört".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bandit, with forms such as "abndit", "badnit", and "banddit". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bands", "Brandt", "bindet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bandit, spelled B-A-N-D-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verbrecher, Straßenräuber, der meist einer kriminellen Gruppe angehört

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abndit,badnit,banddit,banditt,bandti,banidt,banndit,bbandit,bnadit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bandit

Misspelling Variants of "Bandit"

abndit6badnit6banddit7banditt7bandti6banidt6banndit7bbandit7
Misspelling Variants of "Bandit"

Frequency rank: #45,152 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bandit"?
"Bandit" is spelled B-A-N-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [banˈdiːt].
What does "Bandit" mean?
As a noun, "Bandit" means: Verbrecher, Straßenräuber, der meist einer kriminellen Gruppe angehört
What words are commonly confused with "Bandit"?
"Bandit" is commonly confused with "bands", "Brandt", "bindet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bandit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bandit" is [banˈdiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bandit" come from?
"Bandit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.