Which to use
“banni” is an adjective and “bannit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,309
- “banni” frequency rank
- #42,178
- “bannit” frequency rank
- 57487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banni | bannit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est renvoyé, interdit de séjour. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bannir. |
Same sound, different letters: banni vs bannit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - banni and bannit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: banni and bannit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ba.ni\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “banni” sits inside “bannit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banni is recorded at frequency rank #15,309, classified as anadj, pronounced \ba.ni\. bannit is at rank #42,178, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.ni\.
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 57487, this pair ranks #114,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of banni vs bannit
Shared letters: abin. Private to "banni": -. Private to "bannit": t.
"banni" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bannit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "banni" and "bannit" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "banni" vs "bannit" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "banni" / "bannit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "banni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bannit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banni" and "bannit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bannit vs battit". 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 #114,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.