Banquo
/ˈbæŋkwoʊ/
"banquo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Banquo” is uncommon English (frequency #93,438 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,438
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A prominent character in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, based on a semihistorical figure from the 11th century, who was previously thought to be the progenitor of the Scottish House of Stewart.
Corpus desk
Index EN-banquo · Banquo · English
Banquo · rank #93,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,438
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Banville
Nearest frequency peer: Banville (+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 “Banquo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bandh
bandh
6,568 corpus weight
- banksia
banksia
6,567 corpus weight
- bankside
bankside
6,566 corpus weight
- banky
banky
6,565 corpus weight
- Banquo
Banquo
6,563 corpus weight
- Banville
Banville
6,562 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Banquo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Banquo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæŋkwoʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Banquo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Banquo is uncommon English at frequency #93,438 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbæŋkwoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A prominent character in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, based on a semihistorical figure from the 11th century, who was previously thought to be the progenitor of the Scottish House of Stewart.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Banquo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. The correct English form is Banquo, spelled B-A-N-Q-U-O.
Definition
- 1A prominent character in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, based on a semihistorical figure from the 11th century, who was previously thought to be the progenitor of the Scottish House of Stewart.
Etymology
Uncertain.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).