bardo
/ˈbɑːdəʊ/
"bardo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bardo” is uncommon English (frequency #64,907 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,907
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bardo · bardo · English
bardo · rank #64,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,907
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH barmy
Nearest frequency peer: barmy (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bardo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bandanna
bandanna
35,097 corpus weight
- bardo
bardo
35,094 corpus weight
- barmy
barmy
35,093 corpus weight
- Basques
Basques
35,090 corpus weight
- Basquiat
Basquiat
35,089 corpus weight
- bawl
bawl
35,088 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bardo” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bardo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɑːdəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bardo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bardo is uncommon English at frequency #64,907 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɑːdəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.".
bardo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Tibetan བར་དོ (bar do), from བར (bar, “interval”) + དོ (do, “two”), in the sense of an interval between two states. The correct English form is bardo, spelled B-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan བར་དོ (bar do), from བར (bar, “interval”) + དོ (do, “two”), in the sense of an interval between two states.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.