# Bologna vs Boulogne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Bologna
*name · IPA /bəˈlɒnjə/ · frequency rank #20,856*
A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

### Boulogne
*name · IPA /bʊˈlɔɪn/ · frequency rank #44,656*
A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.

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