# banked vs barked

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### banked
*verb · IPA /bæŋkt/ · frequency rank #28,831*
simple past and past participle of bank

### barked
*adjective · frequency rank #37,333*
Having the specified kind of bark.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banked-vs-barked