# Borneo

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/ · frequency rank #25,685

## Definitions
1. A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

## Etymology
Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”), therefore a doublet of Brunei.

## Easily confused with
- **Boro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-boro)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-byrne)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-burned)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-burner)
- **bourne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-bourne)
- **Byrnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-byrnes)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-burnet)
- **Burney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-burney)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/born-vs-borneo)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-borneo)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bore-vs-borneo)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bones-vs-borneo)
- **bored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-borneo)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-borneo)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boone-vs-borneo)
- **boner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boner-vs-borneo)
- **boned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boned-vs-borneo)
- **bongo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bongo-vs-borneo)
- **bores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bores-vs-borneo)
- **Berne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berne-vs-borneo)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bborneo`, `bonreo`, `boreno`, `bornneo`, `bornoe`, `borrneo`, `broneo`, `obrneo`

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