banquier

\bɑ̃.kje\

/\bɑ̃.kje\/ adj

The verdict

“banquier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,661
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la banque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-banquier · banquier · French

banquier · rank #7,661 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,661
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH avortement

Nearest frequency peer: avortement (-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 « banquier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « banquier » 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).

banquier vs banquise
75% similar
banquier vs Blanquer
63% similar
banquier vs banquiers
89% similar

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

Key facts for banquier
PropertyValue
Headwordbanquier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɑ̃.kje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,661
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « banquier »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « avortement » (#7,660), « barbara » (#7,662), « Auvergne » (#7,659). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « banquier » est au #7,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around banquier (IPA \bɑ̃.kje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,661 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif à la banque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for banquier, with forms such as "abnquier", "bannquier", and "banqiuer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "banquise", "Blanquer", "banquiers", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is banquier, spelled B-A-N-Q-U-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la banque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Serait-il vrai qu’une conspiration existe dans notre pays pour nous vendre à l’aristocratie banquière de l’Europe, comme les marchands du Texas ont vendu récemment leur pays aux États-Unis ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abnquier
  • bannquier
  • banqiuer
  • banqquier
  • banqueir
  • banquierr
  • banquire
  • banuqier
  • baqnuier
  • bbanquier
  • bnaquier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abnquier2bannquier1banqiuer2banqquier1banqueir2banquierr1banquire2banuqier2
Edit distance from "banquier"

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 "banquier"?
"banquier" is spelled B-A-N-Q-U-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ̃.kje\.
What does "banquier" mean?
As an adjective, "banquier" means: Relatif à la banque.
What words are commonly confused with "banquier"?
"banquier" is commonly confused with "banquise", "Blanquer", "banquiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banquier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banquier" is \bɑ̃.kje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banquier" come from?
"banquier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list