Which to use
“banco” and “bank” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #821
- “banco” frequency rank
- #9,803
- “bank” frequency rank
- 10624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banco | bank |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | móvel para sentar, sem encosto se for individual, em madeira, cortiça, plástico, vime ou ferro; mocho; escabelo: | banco |
Where the eye mixes banco and bank
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: banco vs bank
A purely visual mix-up. banco (/ˈbã.ku/) and bank (/bɑŋk/) 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 10624, 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/. bank is at rank #9,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɑŋk/.
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 10624, this pair ranks #62,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banco vs bank
Shared letters: abn. Private to "banco": co. Private to "bank": k.
"banco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bank" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banco" and "bank" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "banco" vs "bank" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "banco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bank" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banco" and "bank" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bank vs baús". 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 #62,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.