Bohemia
/boʊˈhimiə/
"bohemia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bohemia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #26,346 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #26,346
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bohemia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /boʊˈhimiə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bohemia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Bohemia is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /boʊˈhimiə/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,346 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bohemia, with forms such as "bbohemia", "bhoemia", and "boehmia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bohemian", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Latinized translation of French Bohême, from Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Boio- (“the Boii”), the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area and Germanic *haimaz (“home”) (more at home). The endonym is from Proto-Celtic *boyos and could ultimately be… The correct English form is Bohemia, spelled B-O-H-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.
- 2A place name elsewhere:
- 3A place name elsewhere:
- 4A place name elsewhere:
- 5A place name elsewhere:
- 6A place name elsewhere:
- 7A place name elsewhere:
- 8A place name elsewhere:
Etymology
Latinized translation of French Bohême, from Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Boio- (“the Boii”), the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area and Germanic *haimaz (“home”) (more at home). The endonym is from Proto-Celtic *boyos and could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”) (compare Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cattle”), genitive *bowos), a reference to cattle owners, or from *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit”), i.e. “warrior, strong hitter” (compare Proto-Celtic *binati (“to strike, hit”)). Bohemia was abandoned by the Boii c. 60 BCE and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter. Related to Bavaria.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbohemia,bhoemia,boehmia,boheima,bohemai,bohemmia,bohhemia,bohmeia,obhemia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bohemia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Bohemia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-H-E-M-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /boʊˈhimiə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bohemian” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bohemia vs bohemian
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.