bancário

/bã.ˈka.ɾju/

//bã.ˈka.ɾju// adj

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The verdict

“bancário” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,145
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo aos bancos

Corpus desk

Index PT-bancario · bancário · Portuguese

bancário · rank #9,145 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,145
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH cancro

Nearest frequency peer: cancro (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “bancário”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “bancário” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

bancário vs binário
75% similar
bancário vs bancar
63% similar
bancário vs balneário
78% similar

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

Key facts for bancário
PropertyValue
Headwordbancário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/bã.ˈka.ɾju/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,145
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “bancário”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bancáriocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cancro” (#9,147), “capitalista” (#9,149), “cartel” (#9,150). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bancário” fica em #9,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bancário (IPA /bã.ˈka.ɾju/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,145 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "relativo aos bancos".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bancário, with forms such as "abncário", "bacnário", and "banccário". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "binário", "bancar", "balneário", 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 Portuguese form is bancário, spelled B-A-N-C-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo aos bancos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abncário
  • bacnário
  • banccário
  • bancráio
  • bancáiro
  • bancároi
  • bancárrio
  • banncário
  • banácrio
  • bbancário
  • bnacário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abncário2bacnário2banccário1bancráio2bancáiro2bancároi2bancárrio1banncário1
Edit distance from "bancário"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bancário"?
"bancário" is spelled B-A-N-C-Á-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bã.ˈka.ɾju/.
What does "bancário" mean?
As an adjective, "bancário" means: relativo aos bancos
What words are commonly confused with "bancário"?
"bancário" is commonly confused with "binário", "bancar", "balneário". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bancário"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bancário" is /bã.ˈka.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bancário" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

forçando11 variantsirregular11 variantsinterino11 variantspavilhão11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list