banqueiro

/bɜ̃ˈkɜiru/

//bɜ̃ˈkɜiru// noun

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The verdict

“banqueiro” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,514
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - proprietário de banco

Corpus desk

Index PT-banqueiro · banqueiro · Portuguese

banqueiro · rank #15,514 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,514
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH blanco

Nearest frequency peer: blanco (+1 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 “banqueiro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “banqueiro” 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).

banqueiro vs banqueiros
90% similar
banqueiro vs banheiro
78% similar

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

Key facts for banqueiro
PropertyValue
Headwordbanqueiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɜ̃ˈkɜiru/
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,514
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “banqueiro”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).banqueirocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “blanco” (#15,515), “blu” (#15,516), “brecha” (#15,518). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “banqueiro” fica em #15,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around banqueiro (IPA /bɜ̃ˈkɜiru/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,514 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for banqueiro, with forms such as "abnqueiro", "bannqueiro", and "banqeuiro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "banqueiros", "banheiro", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is banqueiro, spelled B-A-N-Q-U-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    proprietário de banco
  2. 2
    em certos jogos de cartas, aquele que baralha e distribui as cartas e detém a banca, recolhendo o dinheiro e pagando aos vencedores
  3. 3
    no jogo da roleta, aquele que detém a banca

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how banqueiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "A farmácia faliu, é verdade; o dono fez-se banqueiro, e o banco prospera."
  2. "Teotônio era o banqueiro de uma roda de jogo."

This word in other languages

banker(English)banquier(Français)Bankier(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abnqueiro
  • bannqueiro
  • banqeuiro
  • banqqueiro
  • banqueior
  • banqueirro
  • banquerio
  • banquiero
  • banuqeiro
  • baqnueiro
  • bbanqueiro
  • bnaqueiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banqueiro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abnqueiro2bannqueiro1banqeuiro2banqqueiro1banqueior2banqueirro1banquerio2banquiero2
Edit distance from "banqueiro"

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 "banqueiro"?
"banqueiro" is spelled B-A-N-Q-U-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɜ̃ˈkɜiru/.
What does "banqueiro" mean?
As a noun, "banqueiro" means: proprietário de banco
What words are commonly confused with "banqueiro"?
"banqueiro" is commonly confused with "banqueiros", "banheiro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banqueiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banqueiro" is /bɜ̃ˈkɜiru/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banqueiro" come from?
"banqueiro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

charmoso12 variantscicatriz12 variantsesfregar12 variantsmarxista12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list