bande

/\bɑ̃d\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#915

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bande is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de lien plat et large. Pronounced \bɑ̃d\. It ranks #915 in French word frequency. Often confused with Bde and Base.

Key facts for bande
PropertyValue
Headwordbande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɑ̃d\
Letters5
Frequency rank#915
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bande in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bande is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɑ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #915 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 24 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bande, with forms such as "abnde", "badne", and "bandde". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

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 French form is bande, spelled B-A-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de lien plat et large.
  2. 2
    Longue lanière de toile ou de coton qui est employée dans divers pansements.
  3. 3
    Fer battu en long qui sert à lier ou à renforcer quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Morceau d’étoffe, de cuir, de papier, etc. long et étroit.
  5. 5
    Bande de papier entourant un journal destiné à être envoyé à un lecteur abonné.
  6. 6
    Surface longue et étroite.
  7. 7
    Zone obscure qui traverse les disques planétaires de Jupiter et de Saturne, par opposition aux zones, plus claires.
  8. 8
    Chaque côté intérieur du billard.
  9. 9
    Côté vertical du trottoir reliant la surface de ce dernier à la rue.
  10. 10
    Au jeu de trictrac, chacun des bords de la table.
  11. 11
    Se dit de plusieurs membres unis qui représentent en effet des bandes ou lisières.
  12. 12
    Espèce d’ailes que l’on ajoute à certains filets.
  13. 13
    Dalles de liais ou de marbre débitées en tranches étroites pour servir d’encadrement aux carrelages.
  14. 14
    Les longs côtés d’une glace qui, pendant qu’on la coulait, touchaient aux tringles.
  15. 15
    Pièces de fer attachées aux deux langues du milieu du berceau de la presse, sur lesquelles roule le train.
  16. 16
    Morceau de pâte long et mince qui sert à bander certaines pâtisseries.
  17. 17
    Pièce 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.
  18. 18
    Les deux pièces de fer plates, clouées aux arçons pour tenir une selle en état.
  19. 19
    Ensemble de plus de deux timbres alignés attenant l’un à l’autre.
  20. 20
    Pneu d’une voiture.
  21. 21
    Tir qui rebondit sur le côté du baby-foot.
  22. 22
    Plage de fréquences électromagnétiques, en particulier radio.
  23. 23
    Support permettant l’enregistrement d’informations analogiques ou numériques à l’aide d’un magnétophone ou d’un magnétoscope.
  24. 24
    Chacun des quatre bords de l'échiquier.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnde,badne,bandde,baned,bannde,bbande,bnade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bande

Misspelling Variants of "bande"

abnde5badne5bandde6baned5bannde6bbande6bnade5
Misspelling Variants of "bande"

Frequency rank: #915 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bande"?
"bande" is spelled B-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ̃d\.
What does "bande" mean?
As a noun, "bande" means: Sorte de lien plat et large.
What words are commonly confused with "bande"?
"bande" is commonly confused with "Bde", "Base", "bond". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bande" is \bɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bande" come from?
"bande" is a French 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.