# bandwidth

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbændwɪdθ/ · frequency rank #12,547

## Definitions
1. The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
2. The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
3. The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
4. The capacity, energy or time required.
5. The minimum, over all orderings of vertices of a given graph, of the length of the longest edge.

## Etymology
From band + width.

## Common misspellings (15)
`abndwidth`, `badnwidth`, `banddwidth`, `bandiwdth`, `bandwdith`, `bandwiddth`, `bandwidht`, `bandwidthh`, `bandwidtth`, `bandwitdh`, `bandwwidth`, `banndwidth`, `banwdidth`, `bbandwidth`, `bnadwidth`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bandwidth