# Banff

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbænf/ · frequency rank #32,693

## Definitions
1. A town in Alberta, Canada.
2. A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Banffshire.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic, possibly banbh (“piglet”) or bean (“woman”) + naomh (“holy”).

## Easily confused with
- **BFF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bff)
- **bank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bank)
- **bang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bang)
- **bans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bans)
- **buff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-buff)
- **biff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-biff)
- **barf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-barf)
- **BASF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-basf)
- **banks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-banks)
- **bluff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bluff)
- **bangs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bangs)
- **banjo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-banjo)
- **Bantu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banff-vs-bantu)
- **ban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ban-vs-banff)
- **band** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/band-vs-banff)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bane-vs-banff)
- **banc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banc-vs-banff)
- **bands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bands-vs-banff)
- **banco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banco-vs-banff)
- **banda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banda-vs-banff)

## Common misspellings (6)
`abnff`, `bafnf`, `banf`, `bannff`, `bbanff`, `bnaff`

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