Bangladesh
[bãŋglaˈð̞eʃ]
The verdict
“Bangladesh” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #30,353 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #30,353
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País ubicado en el sur de Asia, rodeado por territorio indio excepto en el extremo sureste, donde limita con Birmania, y en el sur, donde se abre al golfo de Bengala.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bangladesh |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bãŋglaˈð̞eʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bangladesh” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Bangladesh is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bãŋglaˈð̞eʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,353 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País ubicado en el sur de Asia, rodeado por territorio indio excepto en el extremo sureste, donde limita con Birmania, y en el sur, donde se abre al golfo de Bengala.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bangladesh, with forms such as "abngladesh", "bagnladesh", and "bangaldesh". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bangladés", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Bangladesh, spelled B-A-N-G-L-A-D-E-S-H.
Definition
- 1País ubicado en el sur de Asia, rodeado por territorio indio excepto en el extremo sureste, donde limita con Birmania, y en el sur, donde se abre al golfo de Bengala.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abngladesh,bagnladesh,bangaldesh,banggladesh,bangladdesh,bangladehs,bangladeshh,bangladessh,bangladseh,banglaedsh,bangldaesh,banglladesh,banlgadesh,banngladesh,bbangladesh,bnagladesh,vangladesh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bangladesh - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Bangladesh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-N-G-L-A-D-E-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bãŋglaˈð̞eʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bangladés” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bangladesh vs Bangladés
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.