banknote
/ˈbæŋknəʊt/
"banknote" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“banknote” is uncommon English (frequency #53,391 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,391
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A piece of currency made of paper or polymer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-banknote · banknote · English
banknote · rank #53,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,391
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bandleader
Nearest frequency peer: bandleader (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “banknote”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aviary
aviary
46,615 corpus weight
- baddie
baddie
46,613 corpus weight
- bandleader
bandleader
46,611 corpus weight
- banknote
banknote
46,610 corpus weight
- barber's
barber's
46,608 corpus weight
- beachside
beachside
46,606 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “banknote” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “banknote” in English
Rare enough to double-check
banknote is uncommon English at frequency #53,391 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæŋknəʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how banknote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: paper money
Near-synonym: bank paper
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).