Which to use
“banana” and “bancada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,826
- “banana” frequency rank
- #6,032
- “bancada” frequency rank
- 11858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banana | bancada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fruto produzido pela bananeira | conjunto de bancos |
Where the eye mixes banana and bancada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. banana runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against bancada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses banana with bancada
A purely visual mix-up. banana (/bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/) and bancada (/bɐ̃.ˈka.dɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banana is recorded at frequency rank #5,826, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/. bancada is at rank #6,032, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɐ̃.ˈka.dɐ/.
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 11858, this pair ranks #60,901 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banana vs bancada
Shared letters: abn. Private to "banana": -. Private to "bancada": cd.
"banana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "bancada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banana" and "bancada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "banana" vs "bancada" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "banana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bancada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,901 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banana" and "bancada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banana vs bananal". 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 #60,901 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.