Bologna
/bəˈlɒnjə/
"bologna" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bologna” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,856
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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 | Bologna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bəˈlɒnjə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bologna” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bologna (IPA /bəˈlɒnjə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,856 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bologna, with forms such as "bbologna", "bloogna", and "bolgona". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Boulogne", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne. The correct English form is Bologna, spelled B-O-L-O-G-N-A.
Definition
- 1A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- 2The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.
- 3A habitational surname from Italian.
Etymology
From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbologna
- bloogna
- bolgona
- bollogna
- bologan
- bologgna
- bolognna
- bolonga
- boolgna
- oblogna
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bologna - 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 “Bologna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-L-O-G-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bəˈlɒnjə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Boulogne” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bologna vs Boulogne
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.