Bolivia
[boˈliβ̞ja]
The verdict
“Bolivia” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,838 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #1,838
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País ubicado en el centro de Sudamérica. Limita al norte y oeste con Brasil, con Paraguay y Argentina al sur, y con Chile y el Perú al este.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bolivia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [boˈliβ̞ja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bolivia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Bolivia is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈliβ̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,838 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País ubicado en el centro de Sudamérica. Limita al norte y oeste con Brasil, con Paraguay y Argentina al sur, y con Chile y el Perú al este.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bolivia, with forms such as "bbolivia", "bloivia", and "boilvia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Bolonia", "bulimia", "boliviano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Bolivia, spelled B-O-L-I-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1País ubicado en el centro de Sudamérica. Limita al norte y oeste con Brasil, con Paraguay y Argentina al sur, y con Chile y el Perú al este.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbolivia,bloivia,boilvia,bolibia,boliiva,bolivai,bolivvia,bollivia,bolviia,oblivia,volivia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bolivia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bolivia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-L-I-V-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈliβ̞ja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bolonia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bolivia vs Bolonia
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.