banished

/ˈbænɪʃt/

//ˈbænɪʃt// verb

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"banished" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“banished” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,297
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of banish

Corpus desk

Index EN-banished · banished · English

banished · rank #17,297 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,297
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH barefoot

Nearest frequency peer: barefoot (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “banished”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “banished” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

banished vs bashed
75% similar
banished vs banshee
75% similar
banished vs burnished
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for banished
PropertyValue
Headwordbanished
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈbænɪʃt/
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,297
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “banished”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).banishedlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “barefoot” (#17,298), “babes” (#17,295), “barrage” (#17,299). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “banished” is #17,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around banished (IPA /ˈbænɪʃt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,297 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of banish".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for banished, with forms such as "abnished", "bainshed", and "banihsed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bashed", "banshee", "burnished", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is banished, spelled B-A-N-I-S-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of banish

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abnished
  • bainshed
  • banihsed
  • banisehd
  • banishde
  • banishedd
  • banishhed
  • banisshed
  • bannished
  • bansihed
  • bbanished
  • bnaished

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banished - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abnished2bainshed2banihsed2banisehd2banishde2banishedd1banishhed1banisshed1
Edit distance from "banished"

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 "banished"?
"banished" is spelled B-A-N-I-S-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbænɪʃt/.
What does "banished" mean?
As a verb, "banished" means: simple past and past participle of banish
What words are commonly confused with "banished"?
"banished" is commonly confused with "bashed", "banshee", "burnished". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banished"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banished" is /ˈbænɪʃt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banished" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barefoot#17,298Bartlett#17,300beauties#17,301bestowed#17,302

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list