Boston

[ˈbost̪õn]

/[ˈbost̪õn]/ name

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The verdict

“Boston” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,494
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La ciudad capital del Estado de Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-boston · Boston · Spanish

Boston · rank #6,494 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,494
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bici

Nearest frequency peer: Bici (-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 “Boston”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Boston” 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).

Boston vs botón
50% similar
Boston vs botín
50% similar
Boston vs busto
50% similar

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

Key facts for Boston
PropertyValue
HeadwordBoston
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbost̪õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,494
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Boston”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).Bostoncae 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 “Bici” (#6,493), “camioneta” (#6,495), “BBC” (#6,492). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “Boston” va en #6,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Boston (IPA [ˈbost̪õn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,494 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Boston, with forms such as "bboston", "bosotn", and "bosston". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "botón", "botín", "busto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Boston, spelled B-O-S-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    La ciudad capital del Estado de Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.
  2. 2
    Una ciudad en el condado de Lincolnshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboston
  • bosotn
  • bosston
  • bostno
  • bostonn
  • bostton
  • botson
  • bsoton
  • obston
  • voston

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Boston - 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.

bboston1bosotn2bosston1bostno2bostonn1bostton1botson2bsoton2
Edit distance from "Boston"

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 "Boston"?
"Boston" is spelled B-O-S-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbost̪õn].
What does "Boston" mean?
As a proper noun, "Boston" means: La ciudad capital del Estado de Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.
What words are commonly confused with "Boston"?
"Boston" is commonly confused with "botón", "botín", "busto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Boston"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Boston" is [ˈbost̪õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Boston" come from?
"Boston" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

acepto#6,481deriva#6,510éramos#6,478divide#6,514

Similar misspelling depth

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

aportes10 variantscorregir10 variantscrearon10 variantsdesnudo10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list