# Bancroft

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbænˌkɹɒft/ · frequency rank #29,178

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18. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`abncroft`, `bacnroft`, `banccroft`, `bancorft`, `bancrfot`, `bancrofft`, `bancroftt`, `bancrotf`, `bancrroft`, `banncroft`, `banrcoft`, `bbancroft`, `bnacroft`

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