bankbook
/ˈbæŋkˌbʊk/
"bankbook" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bankbook” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wealth
Corpus desk
Index EN-bankbook · bankbook · English
bankbook · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bankbook |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæŋkˌbʊk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bankbook” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bankbook is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæŋkˌbʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wealth".
bankbook doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bank + book. The correct English form is bankbook, spelled B-A-N-K-B-O-O-K.
Definition
- 1wealth
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bankbook appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her folks, they said, our lives together #*: Sure was gonna be rough #*: They never did like Mama's homemade dress #*: Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.
Etymology
From bank + book.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.