# boon

> English word · Noun · IPA /buːn/ · frequency rank #15,969

## Definitions
1. A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
3. A prayer; petition.
4. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
5. A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

## Etymology
From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more.

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

## Common misspellings (4)
`bboon`, `bono`, `boonn`, `obon`

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