# sandal

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsændəl/ · frequency rank #32,578

## Definitions
1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

## Etymology
From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand.

## Easily confused with
- **Santa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-santa)
- **sandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sandy)
- **sands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sands)
- **Sandi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sandi)
- **SANFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sanfl)
- **Sunday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sunday)
- **Sandra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sandra)
- **Sanjay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sanjay)
- **sander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sander)
- **Sardar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sardar)
- **sundae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sundae)
- **Sendai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sendai)
- **Sandia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sandia)
- **scandal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-scandal)
- **sandman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sandman)
- **Sandoval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandal-vs-sandoval)
- **sand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sand-vs-sandal)
- **Sadat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadat-vs-sandal)
- **Sanaa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanaa-vs-sandal)
- **Saddam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saddam-vs-sandal)

## Common misspellings (9)
`asndal`, `sadnal`, `sanadl`, `sandall`, `sanddal`, `sandla`, `sanndal`, `snadal`, `ssandal`

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