banked

/bæŋkt/

//bæŋkt// verb

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"banked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“banked” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,831
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-banked · banked · English

banked · rank #28,831 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,831
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH banda

Nearest frequency peer: banda (-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 “banked”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “banked” 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).

banked vs based
67% similar
banked vs banks
67% similar
banked vs boned
67% similar

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

Key facts for banked
PropertyValue
Headwordbanked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bæŋkt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,831
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “banked”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).bankedlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “banda” (#28,830), “Barnsley” (#28,832), “bailiff” (#28,829). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “banked” is #28,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around banked (IPA /bæŋkt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,831 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of bank".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for banked, with forms such as "abnked", "bakned", and "banekd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "based", "banks", "boned", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is banked, spelled B-A-N-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bank

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abnked
  • bakned
  • banekd
  • bankde
  • bankedd
  • bankked
  • bannked
  • bbanked
  • bnaked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banked - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abnked2bakned2banekd2bankde2bankedd1bankked1bannked1bbanked1
Edit distance from "banked"

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 "banked"?
"banked" is spelled B-A-N-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /bæŋkt/.
What does "banked" mean?
As a verb, "banked" means: simple past and past participle of bank
What words are commonly confused with "banked"?
"banked" is commonly confused with "based", "banks", "boned". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banked" is /bæŋkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banked" come from?
"banked" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beamed#28,834backer#28,826armpit#28,819bluffs#28,844

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bagging9 variantsaustere9 variantsalight9 variantsabject9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list