# Boden

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbəʊdən/ · frequency rank #46,940

## Definitions
1. An English surname common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England.
2. A town and municipality in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden.
3. A municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
4. An unincorporated community in Preemption Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States, named after William E. Boden.

## Etymology
* As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo).
* As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom.
* As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden.
* As an English surname, variant of Bawden.

## Easily confused with
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bon)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-boe)
- **body** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-body)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-born)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bone)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bore)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-boon)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bose)
- **Bonn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bonn)
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-boer)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bowe)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bren)
- **boxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-boxes)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bones)
- **bored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bored)
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-boxer)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bowel)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bowen)
- **boxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-boxed)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bowed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bboden`, `bdoen`, `bodden`, `bodenn`, `bodne`, `boedn`, `obden`

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