bandar

verb

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The verdict

“bandar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,713
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar bandas

Corpus desk

Index PT-bandar · bandar · Portuguese

bandar · rank #45,713 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,713
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH barbatana

Nearest frequency peer: barbatana (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “bandar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “bandar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

bandar vs bunda
67% similar
bandar vs banha
67% similar
bandar vs banner
67% similar

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

Key facts for bandar
PropertyValue
Headwordbandar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,713
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bandar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bandarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “barbatana” (#45,714), “bluff” (#45,723), “arrombamento” (#45,694). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bandar” fica em #45,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bandar, averb. Corpus frequency is #45,713 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "colocar bandas".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bandar, with forms such as "abndar", "badnar", and "banadr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bunda", "banha", "banner", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Portuguese form is bandar, spelled B-A-N-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    colocar bandas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «O médico teve de bandar o braço do paciente com uma ligadura para imobilizá-lo.»

This word in other languages

band(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abndar
  • badnar
  • banadr
  • bandarr
  • banddar
  • bandra
  • banndar
  • bbandar
  • bnadar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abndar2badnar2banadr2bandarr1banddar1bandra2banndar1bbandar1
Edit distance from "bandar"

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 "bandar"?
"bandar" is spelled B-A-N-D-A-R.
What does "bandar" mean?
As a verb, "bandar" means: colocar bandas
What words are commonly confused with "bandar"?
"bandar" is commonly confused with "bunda", "banha", "banner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "bandar" come from?
"bandar" 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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caudal#45,742colono#45,759admire#45,660contre#45,771

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

anfíbio9 variantszarpar9 variantsselling9 variantsguisado9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list