bandera

/[bãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,758

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

bandera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Trozo de tela, comúnmente de varios colores emblemáticos, sujetada a un extremo por un asta. Es comúnmente usado como símbolo de la patria, de los estados, de las ciudades, de las entidades civiles... Pronounced [bãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]. It ranks #1,758 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bañera and banner.

Key facts for bandera
PropertyValue
Headwordbandera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,758
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bandera in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bandera is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,758 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Trozo de tela, comúnmente de varios colores emblemáticos, sujetada a un extremo por un asta. Es comúnmente usado como símbolo de la patria, de los estados, de las ciudades, de las entidades civiles...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bandera, with forms such as "abndera", "badnera", and "banddera". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "bañera", "banner", "Barrera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bandera, spelled B-A-N-D-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Trozo de tela, comúnmente de varios colores emblemáticos, sujetada a un extremo por un asta. Es comúnmente usado como símbolo de la patria, de los estados, de las ciudades, de las entidades civiles y militares.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abndera,badnera,banddera,bandear,banderra,bandrea,banedra,banndera,bbandera,bnadera,vandera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bandera

Misspelling Variants of "bandera"

abndera7badnera7banddera8bandear7banderra8bandrea7banedra7banndera8
Misspelling Variants of "bandera"

Frequency rank: #1,758 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bandera"?
"bandera" is spelled B-A-N-D-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [bãn̪ˈd̪eɾa].
What does "bandera" mean?
As a noun, "bandera" means: Trozo de tela, comúnmente de varios colores emblemáticos, sujetada a un extremo por un asta. Es comúnmente usado como símbolo de la patria, de los estados, de las ciudades, de las entidades civiles...
What words are commonly confused with "bandera"?
"bandera" is commonly confused with "bañera", "banner", "Barrera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bandera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bandera" is [bãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bandera" come from?
"bandera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.