# Boulogne

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bʊˈlɔɪn/ · frequency rank #44,656

## Definitions
1. A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
2. Ellipsis of Boulogne-sur-Mer: a commune of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
3. Boulogne-Billancourt

## Etymology
From French Boulogne, from Latin Bonōnia. Doublet of Boleyn and Bologna.

## Easily confused with
- **Bologna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bologna-vs-boulogne)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bboulogne`, `boluogne`, `boulgone`, `boullogne`, `boulogen`, `bouloggne`, `boulognne`, `boulonge`, `bouolgne`, `buologne`, `obulogne`

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