Banken
[ˈbaŋkn̩]
The verdict
“Banken” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,581 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,581
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bank
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 | Banken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Banken” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Banken is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaŋkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,581 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Banken, with forms such as "abnken", "baknen", and "banekn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bann", "bauen", "Bären", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Banken, spelled B-A-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bank
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Bank
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bank
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Bank
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abnken,baknen,banekn,bankenn,bankken,bankne,bannken,bbanken,bnaken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Banken - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Banken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-N-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbaŋkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bann” - see the side-by-side comparison. Banken vs Bann
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.