banco de semillas

\baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\

/\baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\/ noun

The verdict

“banco de semillas” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Banque de graines (lieu protégé pour préserver des graines).

Key facts for banco de semillas
PropertyValue
Headwordbanco de semillas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “banco de semillas” sits in French frequency

banco de semillas falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for banco de semillas is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for banco de semillas in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 French form is banco de semillas, spelled B-A-N-C-O- -D-E- -S-E-M-I-L-L-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Banque de graines (lieu protégé pour préserver des graines).
  2. 2
    Banque de graines du sol, banque de graines (ensemble des graines dormantes du sol).

Synonyms

banco de germoplasma

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "banco de semillas"?
"banco de semillas" is spelled B-A-N-C-O- -D-E- -S-E-M-I-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\.
What does "banco de semillas" mean?
As a noun, "banco de semillas" means: Banque de graines (lieu protégé pour préserver des graines).
How do you pronounce "banco de semillas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banco de semillas" is \baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “banco de semillas”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-N-C-O- -D-E- -S-E-M-I-L-L-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \baŋ.ko ðe seˈmi.ʎas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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