Which to use
“banco” and “boneco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #821
- “banco” frequency rank
- #9,299
- “boneco” frequency rank
- 10120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banco | boneco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | móvel para sentar, sem encosto se for individual, em madeira, cortiça, plástico, vime ou ferro; mocho; escabelo: | figura humana constituída de pano, madeira, plástico, porcelana entre outros materiais, é dedicado a crianças |
Where the eye mixes banco and boneco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses banco with boneco
A purely visual mix-up. banco (/ˈbã.ku/) and boneco (/bu.ˈnɛ.ku/) 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 10120, 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/. boneco is at rank #9,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bu.ˈnɛ.ku/.
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 10120, this pair ranks #63,102 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banco vs boneco
Shared letters: bcno. Private to "banco": a. Private to "boneco": e.
"banco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "boneco" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "banco" for "boneco" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "banco" or "boneco" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "banco" and "boneco" 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 "boneco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,102 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banco" and "boneco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banco 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 #63,102 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.