Gandu
/ɡɐ̃ˈdu/
The verdict
“Gandu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,857 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,857
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - emancipado a 28 de julho de 1958 de Ituberá com um território do qual se desmembraram as cidades de Nova Ibiá e Itamari, situado a 295 km da capital, está na região de influência de Vitória da Conq...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gandu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɐ̃ˈdu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gandu” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gandu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,857 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɐ̃ˈdu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "emancipado a 28 de julho de 1958 de Ituberá com um território do qual se desmembraram as cidades de Nova Ibiá e Itamari, situado a 295 km da capital, está na região de influência de Vitória da Conq...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gandu, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Gandu, spelled G-A-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1emancipado a 28 de julho de 1958 de Ituberá com um território do qual se desmembraram as cidades de Nova Ibiá e Itamari, situado a 295 km da capital, está na região de influência de Vitória da Conquista
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 “Gandu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-N-D-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.