pando

/ˈpan.doː/

//ˈpan.doː// verb

The verdict

“pando” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,927 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,927
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estender, abrir. espalhar.

Corpus desk

Index PT-pando · pando · Portuguese

pando · rank #59,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,927
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH oxygen

Nearest frequency peer: oxygen (-4 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 “pando”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pando
PropertyValue
Headwordpando
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈpan.doː/
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pando” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.pandocai 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: “oxygen” (#59,923), “paulada” (#59,932), “obstinação” (#59,916). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pando” fica em #59,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pando is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,927 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpan.doː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "estender, abrir. espalhar.".

pando has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pando, spelled P-A-N-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estender, abrir. espalhar.

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 "pando"?
"pando" is spelled P-A-N-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpan.doː/.
What does "pando" mean?
As a verb, "pando" means: estender, abrir. espalhar.
How do you pronounce "pando"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pando" is /ˈpan.doː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pando" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list