umbanda

Name: umbanda, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“umbanda” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,035
frequency rank, Portuguese: 147
“U” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - religião nascida no Rio de Janeiro, entre o fim do sXIX e o início do sXX, que originalmente congeminava elementos espíritas e bantos, estes já plasmados sobre elementos jeje-iorubas, e hoje aprese...

Corpus desk

Index PT-umbanda · umbanda · Portuguese

umbanda · rank #21,035 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #21,035
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 147
PHOTO-FINISH utilize

Nearest frequency peer: utilize (+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.

transe

78,971
truck

78,970
umbanda

78,966
utilize

78,965
valorizado

78,964
velhinho

78,962

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

umbanda vs Uganda

57% similar

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

Key facts for umbanda
Property	Value
Headword	umbanda
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#21,035
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “umbanda”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.umbandacai aqui:

#21,035

#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 “utilize” (#21,036), “valorizado” (#21,037), “truck” (#21,031). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “umbanda” fica em #21,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around umbanda, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,035 among 147 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for umbanda, with forms such as "mubanda", "ubmanda", and "umabnda". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Uganda", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is umbanda, spelled U-M-B-A-N-D-A.

Definition

1
religião nascida no Rio de Janeiro, entre o fim do sXIX e o início do sXX, que originalmente congeminava elementos espíritas e bantos, estes já plasmados sobre elementos jeje-iorubas, e hoje apresenta-se segmentada em variados cultos caracterizados por influências muito diversas (p.ex., indigenistas, catolicistas, esotéricas, cabalísticas etc.)
2
o mesmo que mubanda (Brachystegia spicaeformis)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Obs.: confira macumba, quimbanda

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mubanda
ubmanda
umabnda
umbadna
umbanad
umbandda
umbannda
umbbanda
umbnada
ummbanda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of umbanda - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "umbanda"

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 "umbanda"?

"umbanda" is spelled U-M-B-A-N-D-A.

What does "umbanda" mean?

As a noun, "umbanda" means: religião nascida no Rio de Janeiro, entre o fim do sXIX e o início do sXX, que originalmente congeminava elementos espíritas e bantos, estes já plasmados sobre elementos jeje-iorubas, e hoje aprese...

What words are commonly confused with "umbanda"?

"umbanda" is commonly confused with "Uganda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "umbanda" come from?

"umbanda" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

utilize#21,036 viajado#21,046 victory#21,047 vírgula#21,052

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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