banderola
[bãn̪d̪eˈɾola]
The verdict
“banderola” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,025 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,025
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bandera pequeña, utilizada para dar señales o bien con fines publicitarios.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banderola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bãn̪d̪eˈɾola] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banderola” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
banderola is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,025 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bãn̪d̪eˈɾola]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
banderola has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is banderola, spelled B-A-N-D-E-R-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Bandera pequeña, utilizada para dar señales o bien con fines publicitarios.
- 2Bandera pequeña que se pone en las efigies de Jesucristo u otros santos.
- 3Cinta que llevaban los soldados de caballería debajo de la moharra con fines decorativos.
- 4Ventana muy pequeña que suele colocarse en los baños.
- 5Espeleotema que se forma de manera similar a las estalactitas cónicas o clásicas, pero con la particularidad de que el agua no circula por el interior de las mismas, sino por el exterior, creciendo y engrosando lateralmente.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-N-D-E-R-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bãn̪d̪eˈɾola] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.