bandura
/bænˈdʊəɹə/
"bandura" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bandura” is uncommon English (frequency #78,388 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,388
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bandura · bandura · English
bandura · rank #78,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,388
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bamboozle
Nearest frequency peer: bamboozle (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “bandura”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- baas
baas
21,618 corpus weight
- babby
babby
21,617 corpus weight
- bamboozle
bamboozle
21,614 corpus weight
- bandura
bandura
21,613 corpus weight
- baseboard
baseboard
21,611 corpus weight
- Battaglia
Battaglia
21,610 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bandura” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bandura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bænˈdʊəɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bandura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bandura is uncommon English at frequency #78,388 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bænˈdʊəɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bandura in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ukrainian банду́ра (bandúra), possibly through Italian pandura and Polish bandura, from Late Latin pandura (“musical instrument with three strings”), from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute; zither”), perhaps from Lydian. The correct English form is bandura, spelled B-A-N-D-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bandura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He touches the strings and pours forth a song descriptive of his live, his wanderings, his anguish, and is discovered by the magic tones of the bandura, his adventures, above all, by his voice and passionate fire.
The whole night passed amid shouts, songs, and rejoicings; and the rising moon gazed long at troops of musicians traversing the streets with bandouras, flutes, round balalaikas, and the church choir, who were kept in the Setch to sing in church and glorify the deeds of the Zaporozhtzi.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian банду́ра (bandúra), possibly through Italian pandura and Polish bandura, from Late Latin pandura (“musical instrument with three strings”), from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute; zither”), perhaps from Lydian.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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