banjo
[ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ]
The verdict
“banjo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #34,156 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,156
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de instrumento de cordas da família do alaúde, de corpo redondo, com uma abertura circular na parte posterior, originário da África
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banjo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banjo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for banjo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,156 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "espécie de instrumento de cordas da família do alaúde, de corpo redondo, com uma abertura circular na parte posterior, originário da África".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for banjo, with forms such as "abnjo", "bajno", and "banjjo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bank", "bojo", "beijo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is banjo, spelled B-A-N-J-O.
Definition
- 1espécie de instrumento de cordas da família do alaúde, de corpo redondo, com uma abertura circular na parte posterior, originário da África
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abnjo,bajno,banjjo,bannjo,banoj,bbanjo,bnajo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banjo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “banjo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-A-N-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bank” - see the side-by-side comparison. banjo vs bank
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.