# banished vs burnished

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### banished
*verb · IPA /ˈbænɪʃt/ · frequency rank #17,297*
simple past and past participle of banish

### burnished
*adjective · frequency rank #49,235*
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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