benko

noun

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The verdict

“benko” is uncommon German (frequency #81,331 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,331
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bank, Sitzbank

Corpus desk

Index DE-benko · benko · German

benko · rank #81,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,331
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bequemste

Nearest frequency peer: bequemste (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „benko“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „benko“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for benko
PropertyValue
Headwordbenko
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „benko“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).benkofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bequemste“ (#81,332), „benebelt“ (#81,329), „bereicherten“ (#81,333). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „benko“ bei #81,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

benko is uncommon German at frequency #81,331 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bank, Sitzbank".

benko doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is benko, spelled B-E-N-K-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bank, Sitzbank

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how benko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ni sidas sur la benko.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "benko"?
"benko" is spelled B-E-N-K-O.
What does "benko" mean?
As a noun, "benko" means: Bank, Sitzbank
What language does "benko" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "benko", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Berit#81,334Betts#81,345basal#81,312colli#81,400

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list