umbanda
The verdict
“umbanda” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #21,035 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,035
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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 | umbanda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umbanda” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for umbanda is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,035 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1religião 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.)
- 2o mesmo que mubanda (Brachystegia spicaeformis)
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.
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 “umbanda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-M-B-A-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Uganda” - see the side-by-side comparison. umbanda vs Uganda
- 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.