Which to use
“banking” is a noun and “blinking” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,926
- “banking” frequency rank
- #19,535
- “blinking” frequency rank
- 23461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banking | blinking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The business of managing a bank. | That blinks. |
Letter map: banking vs blinking
Shared letters muted; letters that set banking and blinking apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Grammar separator: banking vs blinking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: banking is anoun and blinkinganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banking is recorded at frequency rank #3,926, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/. blinking is at rank #19,535, 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 23461, this pair ranks #409,094 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banking vs blinking
Shared letters: bgikn. Private to "banking": a. Private to "blinking": l.
"banking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "blinking" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banking" and "blinking" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "banking" vs "blinking" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "banking" and "blinking". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "banking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blinking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,094 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banking" and "blinking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blacking vs blinking". 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 #409,094 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.