bank

//bɑŋk// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,803

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bank is aPortuguesenoun. It means: banco Pronounced /bɑŋk/. It ranks #9,803 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with bar and bin.

Key facts for bank
PropertyValue
Headwordbank
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɑŋk/
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,803
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bank in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bank is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɑŋk/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,803 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for bank, with forms such as "abnk", "bakn", and "bankk". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bar", "bin", "bon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is bank, spelled B-A-N-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    banco
  2. 2
    banco, sofá

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnk,bakn,bankk,bannk,bbank,bnak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bank

Misspelling Variants of "bank"

abnk4bakn4bankk5bannk5bbank5bnak4
Misspelling Variants of "bank"

Frequency rank: #9,803 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bank"?
"bank" is spelled B-A-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is /bɑŋk/.
What does "bank" mean?
As a noun, "bank" means: banco
What words are commonly confused with "bank"?
"bank" is commonly confused with "bar", "bin", "bon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bank"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bank" is /bɑŋk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bank" come from?
"bank" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.