# Boer vs Bonn

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Boer
*noun · IPA /bɔː/ · frequency rank #27,747*
A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.

### Bonn
*name · frequency rank #24,993*
An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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