# banana vs banda

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### banana
*noun · IPA /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/ · frequency rank #5,826*
fruto produzido pela bananeira

### banda
*noun · IPA /ˈbɐ̃.dɐ/ · frequency rank #908*
parte lateral de um objeto

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/banana-vs-banda