bandarvsbanharTell them apart

Which to use

“bandar” and “banhar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,713
“bandar” frequency rank
#26,977
“banhar” frequency rank
72690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bandar banhar
Definition colocar bandas mergulhar em líquido, cobrir de líquido

Letter map: bandar vs banhar

Shared letters muted; letters that set bandar and banhar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. bandar and banhar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
bandar
6 ch
banhar

Corpus notes: bandar and banhar

bandar and banhar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - d in “bandar” becomes h in “banhar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bandar is recorded at frequency rank #45,713, classified as averb. banhar is at rank #26,977, tagged as averb, pronounced /bɐ.ˈɲaɾ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72690, this pair ranks #2,981 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bandar vs banhar

Shared letters: abnr. Private to "bandar": d. Private to "banhar": h.

"bandar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "banhar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bandar ← abndar · badnar · banadr · bandarr · banddar · bandra · banndar · bbandar
  • banhar ← abnhar · bahnar · banahr · banharr · banhhar · banhra · bannhar · bbanhar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bandar" for "banhar" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - d in “bandar” becomes h in “banhar”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "bandar" or "banhar"?
"banhar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,977 in our Portuguese list, against #45,713 for "bandar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "bandar" and "banhar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bandar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "banhar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,981 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bandar" and "banhar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bandar vs bandit". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #2,981 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list