# bonny

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #35,205

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).

## Etymology
From Middle English *boni (attested only rarely as bon, boun), probably from Old French bon, feminine bonne (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). See bounty, and compare bonus, boon.

## Easily confused with
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-boy)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-born)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-boon)
- **bony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bony)
- **boxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-boxy)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bound)
- **bonus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bonus)
- **bunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bunny)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-borne)
- **booty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-booty)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-boone)
- **Bundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bundy)
- **booby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-booby)
- **bossy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bossy)
- **bounty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bounty)
- **botany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-botany)
- **bouncy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonny-vs-bouncy)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bon-vs-bonny)
- **body** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bonny)
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bond-vs-bonny)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbonny`, `bnony`, `bonnyy`, `bonyn`, `obnny`

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