Bonaparte
"bonaparte" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bonaparte” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,347
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bonaparte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bonaparte” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Bonaparte, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,347 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bonaparte, with forms such as "bbonaparte", "bnoaparte", and "boanparte". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from Italian buona (“good”) and parte (“part, share, portion”). The correct English form is Bonaparte, spelled B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
- 2A former name for the island of Réunion.
Etymology
Ultimately from Italian buona (“good”) and parte (“part, share, portion”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbonaparte
- bnoaparte
- boanparte
- bonaaprte
- bonaparet
- bonaparrte
- bonapartte
- bonapatre
- bonapparte
- bonaprate
- bonnaparte
- bonpaarte
- obnaparte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bonaparte - 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 “Bonaparte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.