bunda
/bũw̃.dɐ/
The verdict
“bunda” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,668 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,668
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de baixa qualidade, ruim, malfeito
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 | bunda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bũw̃.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bunda” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bunda is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bũw̃.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,668 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de baixa qualidade, ruim, malfeito".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bunda, with forms such as "bbunda", "bnuda", and "budna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "burra", "burla", "bula", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bunda, spelled B-U-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1de baixa qualidade, ruim, malfeito
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbunda,bnuda,budna,bunad,bundda,bunnda,ubnda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bunda - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bunda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-U-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bũw̃.dɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “burra” - see the side-by-side comparison. bunda vs burra
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.