Which to use
“banked” is a verb and “barked” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,831
- “banked” frequency rank
- #37,333
- “barked” frequency rank
- 66164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banked | barked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of bank | Having the specified kind of bark. |
Letter map: banked vs barked
Shared letters muted; letters that set banked and barked apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for banked / barked
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: banked is averb and barkedanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “banked” becomes r in “barked”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banked is recorded at frequency rank #28,831, classified as averb, pronounced /bæŋkt/. barked is at rank #37,333, tagged as anadj.
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 66164, this pair ranks #69,296 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of banked vs barked
Shared letters: abdek. Private to "banked": n. Private to "barked": r.
"banked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "barked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banked" and "barked" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "banked" or "barked"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "banked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,296 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banked" and "barked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "barked vs blanked". 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 #69,296 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.