Bolonia

[boˈlonja]

/[boˈlonja]/ name

The verdict

“Bolonia” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,043 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#24,043
frequency rank, Spanish
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de Italia, que está situada a 55 m. de altitud y es capital de la provincia y de la región Emilia Romagna, en el extremo sur de la llanura del río Po, al pie de los Apeninos. Se encuentra en...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bolonia vs bosnia
57% similar
Bolonia vs Bolivia
71% similar
Bolonia vs biología
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bolonia
PropertyValue
HeadwordBolonia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[boˈlonja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,043
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Bolonia” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Bolonia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Bolonia is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈlonja]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,043 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad de Italia, que está situada a 55 m. de altitud y es capital de la provincia y de la región Emilia Romagna, en el extremo sur de la llanura del río Po, al pie de los Apeninos. Se encuentra en...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bolonia, with forms such as "bbolonia", "bloonia", and "bollonia". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bosnia", "Bolivia", "biología", 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. The correct Spanish form is Bolonia, spelled B-O-L-O-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de Italia, que está situada a 55 m. de altitud y es capital de la provincia y de la región Emilia Romagna, en el extremo sur de la llanura del río Po, al pie de los Apeninos. Se encuentra entre Módena (38 Km.) y Florencia (80 Km.), a 110 Km. de Rimini, 135 Km. de San Marino y 150 Km. de Vicenza. Su Universidad fundada en 1088 es la más antigua del mundo, por lo que también es conocida por "Bolonia la Docta". A sus habitantes se les denomina boloñeses (bolognesi en italiano).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbolonia,bloonia,bollonia,bolnoia,boloina,bolonai,bolonnia,boolnia,oblonia,volonia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bolonia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbolonia1bloonia2bollonia1bolnoia2boloina2bolonai2bolonnia1boolnia2
Edit distance from "Bolonia"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bolonia"?
"Bolonia" is spelled B-O-L-O-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈlonja].
What does "Bolonia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bolonia" means: Ciudad de Italia, que está situada a 55 m. de altitud y es capital de la provincia y de la región Emilia Romagna, en el extremo sur de la llanura del río Po, al pie de los Apeninos. Se encuentra en...
What words are commonly confused with "Bolonia"?
"Bolonia" is commonly confused with "bosnia", "Bolivia", "biología". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bolonia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bolonia" is [boˈlonja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bolonia" come from?
"Bolonia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Bolonia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-L-O-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [boˈlonja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “bosnia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bolonia vs bosnia
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list