# banker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæŋkə/ · frequency rank #9,853

## Definitions
1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
2. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
3. A money changer.
4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
5. A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.

## Etymology
From bank + -er, after French banquier.

## Easily confused with
- **banks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-banks)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-bauer)
- **biker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-biker)
- **Bayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-bayer)
- **boner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-boner)
- **banned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-banned)
- **banner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-banner)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-basket)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-broker)
- **barber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-barber)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-bunker)
- **barker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-barker)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-batter)
- **Baxter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-baxter)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-booker)
- **banter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-banter)
- **Becker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-becker)
- **bender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-bender)
- **binder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-binder)
- **barter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banker-vs-barter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abnker`, `bakner`, `banekr`, `bankerr`, `bankker`, `bankre`, `bannker`, `bbanker`, `bnaker`

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