banca

/[ˈbãŋka]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,056

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

banca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Asiento para más de una persona. Pronounced [ˈbãŋka]. It ranks #4,056 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with boca and baño.

Key facts for banca
PropertyValue
Headwordbanca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbãŋka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,056
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of banca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for banca is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbãŋka]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,056 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for banca, with forms such as "abnca", "bacna", and "banac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boca", "baño", "basa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is banca, spelled B-A-N-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Asiento para más de una persona.
  2. 2
    En particular, banca₁ sin respaldo.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, puesto electivo en un cuerpo colegiado, en especial en un parlamento.
  4. 4
    Cajón en que se meten los lavadores para evitar mojarse.
  5. 5
    Conjunto de los bancos y banqueros que operan en un lugar.
  6. 6
    Mesa en que se exponen los artículos para vender en una plaza o mercado.
  7. 7
    Terreno destinado al cultivo.
  8. 8
    Jugador que reparte y toma las apuestas en un juego de naipes.
  9. 9
    Juego de naipes en que cada jugador apuesta a que saldrá una carta específica del mazo.
  10. 10
    Conjunto de apuestas que lleva el ganador en un juego de naipes.
  11. 11
    Especie de canoa elaborada de un tronco ahuecado típica de Filipinas.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnca,bacna,banac,bancca,bannca,bbanca,bnaca,vanca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for banca

Misspelling Variants of "banca"

abnca5bacna5banac5bancca6bannca6bbanca6bnaca5vanca5
Misspelling Variants of "banca"

Frequency rank: #4,056 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "banca"?
"banca" is spelled B-A-N-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbãŋka].
What does "banca" mean?
As a noun, "banca" means: Asiento para más de una persona.
What words are commonly confused with "banca"?
"banca" is commonly confused with "boca", "baño", "basa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banca" is [ˈbãŋka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banca" come from?
"banca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.