banque
\bɑ̃k\
The verdict
“banque” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,134 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,134
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commerce de l'argent et du crédit qui consiste à recevoir des capitaux en compte courant avec ou sans intérêt ; à échanger des effets ou à les escompter avec des espèces, à des taux et moyennant de...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for banque is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɑ̃k\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,134 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for banque, with forms such as "abnque", "bannque", and "banqeu". 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, "bloque", "battue", "basque", 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 banque, spelled B-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Commerce de l'argent et du crédit qui consiste à recevoir des capitaux en compte courant avec ou sans intérêt ; à échanger des effets ou à les escompter avec des espèces, à des taux et moyennant des commissions variables ; à exécuter pour le compte de tiers toutes opérations de ce genre et à se charger de tous services financiers ; à créer et à émettre des lettres de change ; d’une façon générale, commercer de l’argent, ainsi que des titres et valeurs.
- 2Entreprise ou société qui fait ce commerce.
- 3Établissement où se fait ce commerce.
- 4Négociants mêmes qui font ce commerce.
- 5Paiement qui se faisait aux ouvriers, chaque semaine, ou tous les quinze jours, ordinairement le samedi.
- 6Somme que celui qui tient le jeu devant lui utilise pour payer ceux qui gagnent.
- 7Sorte de jeu de cartes.
- 8Table ou banc devant lesquels travaillent les ouvriers, dans certains corps de métiers.
- 9Étal, comptoir chez un commerçant ou dans une bibliothèque.
- 10Endroit où l'on peut entreposer en toute sécurité, toute sorte de choses.
- 11Boniment, flatterie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abnque,bannque,banqeu,banqque,banuqe,baqnue,bbanque,bnaque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banque - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “banque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-N-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɑ̃k\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bloque” - see the side-by-side comparison. banque vs bloque
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.