gandula

noun

The verdict

“gandula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,611 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,611
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - repositor de bola em jogo

Corpus desk

Index PT-gandula · gandula · Portuguese

gandula · rank #85,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,611
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gentlemen

Nearest frequency peer: gentlemen (+5 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “gandula”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gandula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gandula
PropertyValue
Headwordgandula
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gandula” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gandulacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gentlemen” (#85,616), “fraturar” (#85,604), “gnosticismo” (#85,625). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gandula” fica em #85,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gandula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,611 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "repositor de bola em jogo".

No generated misspelling entries exist for gandula in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is gandula, spelled G-A-N-D-U-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    repositor de bola em jogo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As belas gandulas são um atrativo a mais para a audiência masculina nas transmissões de TV.

Synonyms

apanha-bolas

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 "gandula"?
"gandula" is spelled G-A-N-D-U-L-A.
What does "gandula" mean?
As a noun, "gandula" means: repositor de bola em jogo
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list