Bankensektor
[ˈbaŋkn̩ˌzɛktoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Bankensektor” is uncommon German (frequency #70,058 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,058
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wirtschaftsbereich, der die Summe aller Geld- und Kreditinstitute umfasst
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bankensektor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaŋkn̩ˌzɛktoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bankensektor” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bankensektor is uncommon German at frequency #70,058 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaŋkn̩ˌzɛktoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wirtschaftsbereich, der die Summe aller Geld- und Kreditinstitute umfasst".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bankensektor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bankensektor, spelled B-A-N-K-E-N-S-E-K-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Wirtschaftsbereich, der die Summe aller Geld- und Kreditinstitute umfasst
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 “Bankensektor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-N-K-E-N-S-E-K-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbaŋkn̩ˌzɛktoːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.