# banking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,926

## Definitions
1. The business of managing a bank.
2. The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
3. Investment banking.
4. A horizontal turn.
5. A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
6. The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.

## Easily confused with
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-biking)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-basing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-baring)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-baskin)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-binding)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-booking)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-batting)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-banning)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bathing)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bending)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bonding)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-barking)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bashing)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-barring)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-braking)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bunting)
- **basking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-basking)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bucking)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bawling)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-branding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abnking`, `bakning`, `banikng`, `bankign`, `bankingg`, `bankinng`, `bankking`, `banknig`, `bannking`, `bbanking`, `bnaking`

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