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The verdict

“anda” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,033) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,033
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa àquele dirigido que ele tome pronta e imediata iniciativa em realizar aquilo explicita ou implicitamente determinado sem qualquer protelamento

Corpus desk

Index PT-anda · anda · Portuguese

anda · rank #2,033 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,033
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH ódio

Nearest frequency peer: ódio (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “anda”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “anda” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

anda vs ano
50% similar
anda vs asa
50% similar
anda vs ata
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for anda
PropertyValue
Headwordanda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,033
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “anda”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).andacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ódio” (#2,032), “zero” (#2,031), “ataques” (#2,035). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “anda” fica em #2,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for anda is neighbouring look-alikes ("ano", "asa", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #2,033 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Gloss: "expressa àquele dirigido que ele tome pronta e imediata iniciativa em realizar aquilo explicita ou implicitamente determinado sem qualquer protelamento".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for anda, with forms such as "adna", "anad", and "andda". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ano", "asa", "ata", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is anda, spelled A-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa àquele dirigido que ele tome pronta e imediata iniciativa em realizar aquilo explicita ou implicitamente determinado sem qualquer protelamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Não morre, fala comigo, anda, soldado, anda fala comigo! Acorda. Foi o impacto da explosão, talvez tenhamos mais uma baixa aqui capitão.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adna
  • anad
  • andda
  • annda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adna2anad2andda1annda1
Edit distance from "anda"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anda"?
"anda" is spelled A-N-D-A.
What does "anda" mean?
As an interjection, "anda" means: expressa àquele dirigido que ele tome pronta e imediata iniciativa em realizar aquilo explicita ou implicitamente determinado sem qualquer protelamento
What words are commonly confused with "anda"?
"anda" is commonly confused with "ano", "asa", "ata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "anda" come from?
"anda" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ódio#2,032zero#2,031falo#2,050grau#2,014

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list