# Bonn

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #24,993

## Definitions
1. An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.
2. The (West) German government.
3. A locality in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Bonn.

## Easily confused with
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-box)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bow)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boo)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bot)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bun)
- **bop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bop)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bor)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-both)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-book)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-born)
- **boys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boys)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boss)
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bowl)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-burn)
- **boom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boom)
- **boot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boot)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bout)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bore)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-boyd)

## Common misspellings (3)
`bbonn`, `bnon`, `obnn`

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