banco central
[ˈbãŋko sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
The verdict
“banco central” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Principal autoridad monetaria de una entidad política o unión monetaria; normalmente regula la oferta de dinero, emite moneda y controla las tasas de interés. Suele supervisar la actividad bancaria...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banco central |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈbãŋko sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banco central” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
banco central is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈbãŋko sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Principal autoridad monetaria de una entidad política o unión monetaria; normalmente regula la oferta de dinero, emite moneda y controla las tasas de interés. Suele supervisar la actividad bancaria...".
Zero misspellings are on record for banco central in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is banco central, spelled B-A-N-C-O- -C-E-N-T-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Principal autoridad monetaria de una entidad política o unión monetaria; normalmente regula la oferta de dinero, emite moneda y controla las tasas de interés. Suele supervisar la actividad bancaria dentro de las fronteras de su país.
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.
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Using “banco central”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-N-C-O- -C-E-N-T-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbãŋko sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.