bancs

\bɑ̃\

/\bɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“bancs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,278
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de banc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bancs · bancs · French

bancs · rank #9,278 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,278
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH ballet

Nearest frequency peer: ballet (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bancs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bancs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bancs vs bas
60% similar
bancs vs bons
60% similar
bancs vs bars
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bancs
PropertyValue
Headwordbancs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,278
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bancs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bancsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ballet » (#9,277), « barrières » (#9,279), « baguette » (#9,276). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bancs » est au #9,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bancs (IPA \bɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,278 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de banc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bancs, with forms such as "abncs", "bacns", and "banccs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bas", "bons", "bars", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bancs, spelled B-A-N-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de banc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bancs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Trois ou quatre encablures d’un détroit où affleuraient cayes et bancs de sable, puis c’était l’Îlet, parasol d’amandiers aux luisances de jade et de flamboyants d’un vermillon aussi luminescent que s’il avait été peint par le douanier Rousseau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abncs
  • bacns
  • banccs
  • bancss
  • banncs
  • bansc
  • bbancs
  • bnacs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bancs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abncs2bacns2banccs1bancss1banncs1bansc2bbancs1bnacs2
Edit distance from "bancs"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bancs"?
"bancs" is spelled B-A-N-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ̃\.
What does "bancs" mean?
As a noun, "bancs" means: Pluriel de banc.
What words are commonly confused with "bancs"?
"bancs" is commonly confused with "bas", "bons", "bars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bancs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bancs" is \bɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bancs" come from?
"bancs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bancs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Assad#9,267cuite#9,301damas#9,304vigne#9,252

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

averti8 variantsavaler8 variantsauteure8 variantsastuce8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list