# Bohr

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,090

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
German: from a short form of a personal name of Slavic origin (Boris), or from a reduced form of the medieval personal name Liborius, patron saint of the city of Paderborn.
Danish and Swedish: from German Baar, Bahr, recorded in Denmark since the 18th century.

## Easily confused with
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-br)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-box)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bow)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-boo)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bot)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bon)
- **Boi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-boi)
- **bop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bop)
- **BOM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bom)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bor)
- **bok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bok)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bol)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bur)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-both)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-book)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-born)
- **boys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-boys)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-boss)
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-bowl)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbohr`, `bhor`, `bohhr`, `bohrr`, `borh`, `obhr`

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