# banish

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbænɪʃ/ · frequency rank #26,338

## Definitions
1. To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
2. To expel, especially from the mind.

## Etymology
From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban.

## Easily confused with
- **bash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-bash)
- **bans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-bans)
- **basis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-basis)
- **banks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-banks)
- **bluish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-bluish)
- **boyish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-boyish)
- **bearish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-bearish)
- **banished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banish-vs-banished)
- **bands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bands-vs-banish)
- **bangs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bangs-vs-banish)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abnish`, `bainsh`, `banihs`, `banishh`, `banissh`, `bannish`, `bansih`, `bbanish`, `bnaish`

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