banknote
/ˈbæŋknəʊt/
"banknote" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“banknote” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,391 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,391
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A piece of currency made of paper or polymer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banknote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæŋknəʊt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banknote” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for banknote is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbæŋknəʊt/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,391 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for banknote, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bank + note. The correct English form is banknote, spelled B-A-N-K-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A piece of currency made of paper or polymer.
- 2A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
Etymology
From bank + note.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “banknote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-N-K-N-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbæŋknəʊt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.