Which to use
“banque” and “banquet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,134
- “banque” frequency rank
- #14,610
- “banquet” frequency rank
- 15744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banque | banquet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 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. | Festin, repas d’apparat. |
Where the eye mixes banque and banquet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between banque and banquet
A purely visual mix-up. banque (\bɑ̃k\) and banquet (\bɑ̃.kɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “banque” sits inside “banquet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banque is recorded at frequency rank #1,134, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɑ̃k\. banquet is at rank #14,610, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɑ̃.kɛ\.
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 15744, this pair ranks #391,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banque vs banquet
Shared letters: abenqu. Private to "banque": -. Private to "banquet": t.
"banque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "banquet" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banque" and "banquet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "banque" or "banquet"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "banque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banquet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banque" and "banquet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banquet vs Blanquer". 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 #391,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.