# Bayonne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,521

## Definitions
1. A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
2. A city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
3. A ghost town in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.

## Etymology
From French Bayonne. The first element of the name is variously said to be Basque or Latin; the second element is Basque on (“good”). More at Bayonne. Also compare Latin baia.

## Easily confused with
- **bonne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bayonne-vs-bonne)
- **Beyoncé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bayonne-vs-beyonce)
- **bayonet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bayonet-vs-bayonne)

## Common misspellings (8)
`abyonne`, `baoynne`, `baynone`, `bayone`, `bayonen`, `bayyonne`, `bbayonne`, `byaonne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bayonne