Which to use
“banco” and “barca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #821
- “banco” frequency rank
- #14,525
- “barca” frequency rank
- 15346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banco | barca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | móvel para sentar, sem encosto se for individual, em madeira, cortiça, plástico, vime ou ferro; mocho; escabelo: | embarcação larga e pouco funda |
Where the eye mixes banco and barca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses banco with barca
A purely visual mix-up. banco (/ˈbã.ku/) and barca (/ˈbaɾ.kɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15346, 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/. barca is at rank #14,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbaɾ.kɐ/.
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 15346, this pair ranks #56,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of banco vs barca
Shared letters: abc. Private to "banco": no. Private to "barca": r.
"banco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "barca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "banco" and "barca" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "banco" or "barca"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "banco" and "barca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "banco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banco" and "barca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "barca vs bazuca". 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 #56,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.