banner
/ˈbænə/
"banner" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“banner” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,857 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,857
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbænə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banner” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for banner is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbænə/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,857 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for banner, with forms such as "abnner", "banenr", and "baner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bauer", "Bayer", "boner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band. The correct English form is banner, spelled B-A-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- 2The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- 3A military or administrative subdivision.
- 4Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- 5A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- 6A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- 7The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- 8A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- 9The principal standard of a knight.
- 10A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
Etymology
From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abnner,banenr,baner,bannerr,bannre,bbanner,bnaner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “banner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-N-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbænə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bauer” - see the side-by-side comparison. banner vs Bauer
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.