bancal
[bãŋˈkal]
The verdict
“bancal” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terreno llano (o allanado por el hombre) en una zona pendiente (e.g. la ladera de una montaña), en el que se realiza algún cultivo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bancal · bancal · Spanish
bancal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bancal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bãŋˈkal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bancal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bancal is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bãŋˈkal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Terreno llano (o allanado por el hombre) en una zona pendiente (e.g. la ladera de una montaña), en el que se realiza algún cultivo.".
bancal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is bancal, spelled B-A-N-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Terreno llano (o allanado por el hombre) en una zona pendiente (e.g. la ladera de una montaña), en el que se realiza algún cultivo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.