bande
\bɑ̃d\
The verdict
“bande” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #915
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Sorte de lien plat et large.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bande · bande · French
bande · rank #915 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #915
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH assemblée
Nearest frequency peer: assemblée (-1 rank slots)
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 “bande”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tandis
tandis
99,089 corpus weight
- actuellement
actuellement
99,088 corpus weight
- assemblée
assemblée
99,087 corpus weight
- bande
bande
99,086 corpus weight
- commencé
commencé
99,085 corpus weight
- commune
commune
99,084 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bande” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | bande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bande” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bande (IPA \bɑ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #915 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 24 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bande, with forms such as "abnde", "badne", and "bandde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bde", "Base", "bond", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bande, spelled B-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de lien plat et large.
- 2Longue lanière de toile ou de coton qui est employée dans divers pansements.
- 3Fer battu en long qui sert à lier ou à renforcer quelque chose.
- 4Morceau d’étoffe, de cuir, de papier, etc. long et étroit.
- 5Bande de papier entourant un journal destiné à être envoyé à un lecteur abonné.
- 6Surface longue et étroite.
- 7Zone obscure qui traverse les disques planétaires de Jupiter et de Saturne, par opposition aux zones, plus claires.
- 8Chaque côté intérieur du billard.
- 9Côté vertical du trottoir reliant la surface de ce dernier à la rue.
- 10Au jeu de trictrac, chacun des bords de la table.
- 11Se dit de plusieurs membres unis qui représentent en effet des bandes ou lisières.
- 12Espèce d’ailes que l’on ajoute à certains filets.
- 13Dalles de liais ou de marbre débitées en tranches étroites pour servir d’encadrement aux carrelages.
- 14Les longs côtés d’une glace qui, pendant qu’on la coulait, touchaient aux tringles.
- 15Pièces de fer attachées aux deux langues du milieu du berceau de la presse, sur lesquelles roule le train.
- 16Morceau de pâte long et mince qui sert à bander certaines pâtisseries.
- 17Pièce honorable d’écu qui représente le baudrier du cavalier et prend d’ordinaire depuis le haut de l’angle dextre du chef de l’écu jusqu’à l’angle senestre de sa pointe.
- 18Les deux pièces de fer plates, clouées aux arçons pour tenir une selle en état.
- 19Ensemble de plus de deux timbres alignés attenant l’un à l’autre.
- 20Pneu d’une voiture.
- 21Tir qui rebondit sur le côté du baby-foot.
- 22Plage de fréquences électromagnétiques, en particulier radio.
- 23Support permettant l’enregistrement d’informations analogiques ou numériques à l’aide d’un magnétophone ou d’un magnétoscope.
- 24Chacun des quatre bords de l'échiquier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une bande Velpeau.
Mettre des bandes à une roue.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abnde
- badne
- bandde
- baned
- bannde
- bbande
- bnade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bande - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French 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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bande", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.