banes

/beɪnz/

//beɪnz// noun

"banes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“banes” is uncommon English (frequency #82,075 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,075
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of bane

Corpus desk

Index EN-banes · banes · English

banes · rank #82,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,075
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baluch

Nearest frequency peer: Baluch (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “banes”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “banes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for banes
PropertyValue
Headwordbanes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/beɪnz/
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “banes” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).banesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Baluch” (#82,074), “banishes” (#82,076), “Bakke” (#82,072). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “banes” is #82,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

banes is uncommon English at frequency #82,075 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /beɪnz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of bane".

No generated misspelling entries exist for banes in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is banes, spelled B-A-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of bane

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "banes"?
"banes" is spelled B-A-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /beɪnz/.
What does "banes" mean?
As a noun, "banes" means: plural of bane
How do you pronounce "banes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banes" is /beɪnz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banes" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "banes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list