Which to use
“ban” and “banjo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,668
- “ban” frequency rank
- #34,156
- “banjo” frequency rank
- 47824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ban | banjo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | proibição | espécie de instrumento de cordas da família do alaúde, de corpo redondo, com uma abertura circular na parte posterior, originário da África |
Letter map: ban vs banjo
Shared letters muted; letters that set ban and banjo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ban runs 3 letters (CVC) against banjo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on ban vs banjo
ban and banjo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ban” sits inside “banjo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ban is recorded at frequency rank #13,668, classified as anoun. banjo is at rank #34,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ].
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 47824, this pair ranks #17,396 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ban vs banjo
Shared letters: abn. Private to "ban": -. Private to "banjo": jo.
"ban" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "banjo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- banjo ← abnjo · bajno · banjjo · bannjo · banoj · bbanjo · bnajo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ban" for "banjo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ban" vs "banjo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "ban" and "banjo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banjo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,396 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ban" and "banjo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banjo vs bojo". 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 #17,396 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.