# bandy

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbændi/ · frequency rank #49,775

## Definitions
1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
2. To use or pass about casually.
3. To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
4. To fight (with or against someone).

## Etymology
From French bander (“to bandy at tennis”), with -y, -ie added due to influence from Spanish and Portuguese bandear and/or Old Occitan bandir (“to throw”), from the same root as English band. Compare also with banter.

## Easily confused with
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bay)
- **body** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-body)
- **bank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bank)
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bond)
- **bang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bang)
- **bend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bend)
- **bind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bind)
- **bans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bans)
- **bard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bard)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bane)
- **bony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bony)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bund)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-brand)
- **banks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-banks)
- **buddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-buddy)
- **bonds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bonds)
- **Barry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-barry)
- **Brady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-brady)
- **bunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-bunny)
- **benny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bandy-vs-benny)

## Common misspellings (8)
`abndy`, `badny`, `banddy`, `bandyy`, `banndy`, `banyd`, `bbandy`, `bnady`

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