# bonnet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɒnɪt/ · frequency rank #18,254

## Definitions
1. A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
2. A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
3. The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
4. The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
5. A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
6. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
7. The second stomach of a ruminant.
8. A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
9. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
10. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
11. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
12. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
13. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
14. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

## Etymology
From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni.
Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

## Easily confused with
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnet-vs-borne)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnet-vs-boone)
- **bonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnet-vs-bonny)
- **Bonnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnet-vs-bonnie)
- **Borneo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnet-vs-borneo)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnet-vs-burnet)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-bonnet)
- **Bonn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonn-vs-bonnet)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bones-vs-bonnet)
- **boner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boner-vs-bonnet)
- **boned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boned-vs-bonnet)
- **bonne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonne-vs-bonnet)
- **banned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banned-vs-bonnet)
- **banner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banner-vs-bonnet)
- **bonded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonded-vs-bonnet)
- **Bennet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bennet-vs-bonnet)
- **barnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnet-vs-bonnet)
- **Bennett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bennett-vs-bonnet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbonnet`, `bnonet`, `bonent`, `bonet`, `bonnett`, `bonnte`, `obnnet`

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