bunco
/ˈbʌŋkəʊ/noun, verb
bunco is spelled B-U-N-C-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bunco means “A swindle or confidence trick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bunco is buncos or buncoes.
How many letters and syllables are in bunco?
| Letters | 5: B-U-N-C-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bunco?
Bunco appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bunco?
- /ˈbʌŋkəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-bunco.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bunco
- buncos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- buncoes plural
- bunko
- buncoing participle, present
- buncoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bunco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangA swindle or confidence trick.
- 2
A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
- 3
A brigand.
verb
- 1
USslangTo swindle (someone).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bunco come from?
Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).