Which to use
“banjo” and “bingo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,265
- “banjo” frequency rank
- #16,076
- “bingo” frequency rank
- 52341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banjo | bingo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cordophone portable à cordes pincées, à touche garnie de frettes marquant les demi-tons, et à table d’harmonie en membrane de parchemin tendue sur un tambour. | Jeu de société de chance, où les joueurs doivent remplir une grille de nombre, puis gagnent s’ils sont tirés au sort. |
Where the eye mixes banjo and bingo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between banjo and bingo
A purely visual mix-up. banjo (\bɑ̃.ʒo\) and bingo (\biŋ.ɡo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banjo is recorded at frequency rank #36,265, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɑ̃.ʒo\. bingo is at rank #16,076, tagged as anoun, pronounced \biŋ.ɡo\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52341, this pair ranks #148,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of banjo vs bingo
Shared letters: bno. Private to "banjo": aj. Private to "bingo": gi.
"banjo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bingo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "banjo" for "bingo" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "banjo" or "bingo" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "banjo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bingo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banjo" and "bingo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bane vs banjo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #148,403 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.