Bolivia

/[boˈliβ̞ja]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,838

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Bolivia is aSpanishname. It means: 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. Pronounced [boˈliβ̞ja]. It ranks #1,838 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Bolonia and bulimia.

Key facts for Bolivia
PropertyValue
HeadwordBolivia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[boˈliβ̞ja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,838
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bolivia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Bolivia is 7 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bolivia, with forms such as "bbolivia", "bloivia", and "boilvia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Bolivia, spelled B-O-L-I-V-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbolivia,bloivia,boilvia,bolibia,boliiva,bolivai,bolivvia,bollivia,bolviia,oblivia,volivia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bolivia

Misspelling Variants of "Bolivia"

bbolivia8bloivia7boilvia7bolibia7boliiva7bolivai7bolivvia8bollivia8
Misspelling Variants of "Bolivia"

Frequency rank: #1,838 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bolivia"?
"Bolivia" is spelled B-O-L-I-V-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈliβ̞ja].
What does "Bolivia" mean?
As a name, "Bolivia" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "Bolivia"?
"Bolivia" is commonly confused with "Bolonia", "bulimia", "boliviano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bolivia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bolivia" is [boˈliβ̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bolivia" come from?
"Bolivia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.