Bolonia

[boˈlonja]

/[boˈlonja]/ name

The verdict

“Bolonia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,043
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-bolonia · Bolonia · Spanish

Bolonia · rank #24,043 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,043
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH boricua

Nearest frequency peer: boricua (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Bolonia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Bolonia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Bolonia”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Boloniacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “boricua” (#24,044), “boba” (#24,041), “blindados” (#24,040). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “Bolonia” va en #24,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Bolonia (IPA [boˈlonja]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,043 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bolonia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list