bohemian
/boʊˈhimi.ən/
"bohemian" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bohemian” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,899
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bohemian · bohemian · English
bohemian · rank #14,899 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,899
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blended
Nearest frequency peer: blended (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “bohemian”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- birch
birch
85,105 corpus weight
- bland
bland
85,104 corpus weight
- blended
blended
85,103 corpus weight
- bohemian
bohemian
85,102 corpus weight
- bong
bong
85,101 corpus weight
- bounded
bounded
85,100 corpus weight
What this shows “bohemian” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | bohemian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /boʊˈhimi.ən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bohemian”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bohemian (IPA /boʊˈhimi.ən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,899 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bohemian, with forms such as "bbohemian", "bhoemian", and "boehmian". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Bozeman", "Bohemia", "Bahamian", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French bohémien (“person from Bohemia”), from Bohême (“Bohemia”), equivalent to Bohemia + -an. The correct English form is bohemian, spelled B-O-H-E-M-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bohemian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Burlington, where Mr. Twitchell grew up and where he now spends summers, was singled out by David Brooks in his wickedly funny “Bobos in Paradise” as a model Latte Town, a city that has perfectly reconciled the mercenary instincts of the bourgeoisie with the artistic spirit of the bohemians to create an upscale consumer culture.
During 1940–1941, the few Hollywood bohemians that did appear received "harsher" depictions. The United States' preparations for and eventual entry into World War II figured prominently in this decline and change in the treatment of Hollywood bohemians.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bohémien (“person from Bohemia”), from Bohême (“Bohemia”), equivalent to Bohemia + -an.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbohemian
- bhoemian
- boehmian
- boheiman
- bohemain
- bohemiann
- bohemina
- bohemmian
- bohhemian
- bohmeian
- obhemian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bohemian - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).