Boda
"boda" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Boda” is uncommon English (frequency #73,915 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,915
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boda · Boda · English
Boda · rank #73,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,915
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bluey
Nearest frequency peer: Bluey (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Boda”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blitzing
blitzing
26,089 corpus weight
- Blois
Blois
26,088 corpus weight
- Bluey
Bluey
26,087 corpus weight
- Boda
Boda
26,086 corpus weight
- bodacious
bodacious
26,085 corpus weight
- bogue
bogue
26,084 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Boda” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Boda” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Boda is uncommon English at frequency #73,915 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Boda doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Bod, supposedly of Turkic origin. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from Bóda, pet form of Boldizsár. Also Slovak Boďa, from Baltazár. * As a Spanish surname, from the noun boda (“wedding”). * As a French Canadi… The correct English form is Boda, spelled B-O-D-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Bod, supposedly of Turkic origin. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from Bóda, pet form of Boldizsár. Also Slovak Boďa, from Baltazár. * As a Spanish surname, from the noun boda (“wedding”). * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Beaudin. Compare Bodah.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).