Bostonian
/bɒsˈtəʊniən/
"bostonian" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bostonian” is uncommon English (frequency #77,473 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,473
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bostonian · Bostonian · English
Bostonian · rank #77,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,473
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH boulanger
Nearest frequency peer: boulanger (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bostonian”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- boneyard
boneyard
22,534 corpus weight
- boog
boog
22,532 corpus weight
- boondoggle
boondoggle
22,531 corpus weight
- Bostonian
Bostonian
22,528 corpus weight
- boulanger
boulanger
22,526 corpus weight
- BPH
BPH
22,525 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bostonian” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bostonian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɒsˈtəʊniən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bostonian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bostonian is uncommon English at frequency #77,473 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɒsˈtəʊniən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Bostonian doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Boston + -ian. The correct English form is Bostonian, spelled B-O-S-T-O-N-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Etymology
From Boston + -ian.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bostonian", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.