databank
"databank" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“databank” is uncommon English (frequency #81,254 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,254
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure)
Corpus desk
Index EN-databank · databank · English
databank · rank #81,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,254
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dashiell
Nearest frequency peer: Dashiell (-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 “databank”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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18,747 corpus weight
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What this shows Long-tail view: where “databank” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | databank |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “databank” in English
Rare enough to double-check
databank is uncommon English at frequency #81,254 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
databank has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From data + bank. The correct English form is databank, spelled D-A-T-A-B-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure)
- 2An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how databank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
Etymology
From data + bank.
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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