banco

/[ˈbãŋko]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#799

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

banco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Empresa que ofrece servicios monetarios como cuentas o préstamos. Pronounced [ˈbãŋko]. It ranks #799 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bao and baño.

Key facts for banco
PropertyValue
Headwordbanco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbãŋko]
Letters5
Frequency rank#799
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for banco is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbãŋko]. Corpus data places it at rank #799 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 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 banco, with forms such as "abnco", "bacno", and "bancco". 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, "bao", "baño", "bono", 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 banco, spelled B-A-N-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Empresa que ofrece servicios monetarios como cuentas o préstamos.
  2. 2
    Mueble alargado que se usa como asiento para más de una persona.
  3. 3
    Mueble cuadrado sin respaldo que sirve como asiento individual.
  4. 4
    Grupo numeroso de peces de una misma especie.
  5. 5
    Lugar de almacenaje de tejidos humanos como la sangre o de recursos biológicos como semillas reunidos con propósitos médicos y científicos.
  6. 6
    En las galeras o embarcaciones de remo: Asiento en que van sentados los galeotes, o los que reman.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnco,bacno,bancco,bannco,banoc,bbanco,bnaco,vanco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for banco

Misspelling Variants of "banco"

abnco5bacno5bancco6bannco6banoc5bbanco6bnaco5vanco5
Misspelling Variants of "banco"

Frequency rank: #799 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "banco"?
"banco" is spelled B-A-N-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbãŋko].
What does "banco" mean?
As a noun, "banco" means: Empresa que ofrece servicios monetarios como cuentas o préstamos.
What words are commonly confused with "banco"?
"banco" is commonly confused with "bao", "baño", "bono". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banco" is [ˈbãŋko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banco" come from?
"banco" 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.