Which to use
“banco” and “banho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #821
- “banco” frequency rank
- #1,381
- “banho” frequency rank
- 2202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banco | banho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | móvel para sentar, sem encosto se for individual, em madeira, cortiça, plástico, vime ou ferro; mocho; escabelo: | imersão de um corpo em água, vapor, lama, etc, para limpeza ou tratamento médico |
Where the eye mixes banco and banho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between banco and banho
A purely visual mix-up. banco (/ˈbã.ku/) and banho (/ˈbɐ.ɲu/) 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 a single letter - c in “banco” becomes h in “banho”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banco is recorded at frequency rank #821, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbã.ku/. banho is at rank #1,381, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɐ.ɲu/.
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 2202, this pair ranks #73,261 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banco vs banho
Shared letters: abno. Private to "banco": c. Private to "banho": h.
"banco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "banho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "banco" and "banho" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "banco" vs "banho" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "banco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,261 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banco" and "banho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banho vs bardo". 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 #73,261 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.