boni

\bɔ.ni\

/\bɔ.ni\/ noun

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The verdict

“boni” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,709
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somme qui excède la dépense faite ou l’emploi de fonds projeté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boni · boni · French

boni · rank #32,709 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,709
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bottines

Nearest frequency peer: bottines (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « boni »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « boni » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

boni vs box
50% similar
boni vs boy
50% similar
boni vs bot
50% similar

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

Key facts for boni
PropertyValue
Headwordboni
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.ni\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,709
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boni »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bonise place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bottines » (#32,710), « birds » (#32,707), « boulangeries » (#32,711). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boni » est au #32,709. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around boni (IPA \bɔ.ni\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,709 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for boni, with forms such as "bboni", "bnoi", and "boin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "box", "boy", "bot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is boni, spelled B-O-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Somme qui excède la dépense faite ou l’emploi de fonds projeté.
  2. 2
    Excédent qui reste sur la somme affectée à une dépense ; le surplus d’une recette prévue.
  3. 3
    Ce qui revient sur un gage du mont-de-piété qu’on a laissé vendre passé les treize mois.
  4. 4
    Surnom donné par les travailleurs et travailleuses à la prime de productivité (aussi dite prime de boni).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how boni appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] le budget qui vient d’être soumis au parlement présente une dépense de 68,223,000 livres sterlings, ou 1,700 millions de francs, et une recette de 72,855,000 ou 1,800 millions de francs. C’est déjà un boni fort réjouissant. […] Il ne restera pas moins un boni qui met fort à l’aise les finances britanniques. À quoi ce boni servira-t-il ? Va-t-on se lan…
  2. L’armée, c’est le réceptacle de toutes les mauvaises passions, la sentine de tous les vices. Tout le monde vole, là-dedans, depuis le caporal d’ordinaire, depuis l’homme de corvée qui tient une anse du panier, jusqu’à l’intendant général, jusqu’au ministre. Ce qui se nomme « gratte » et « rabiau » en bas s’appelle en haut « boni » et « pot-de-vin ».

Antonyms

mali

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboni
  • bnoi
  • boin
  • bonni
  • obni

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boni - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboni1bnoi2boin2bonni1obni2
Edit distance from "boni"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boni"?
"boni" is spelled B-O-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.ni\.
What does "boni" mean?
As a noun, "boni" means: Somme qui excède la dépense faite ou l’emploi de fonds projeté.
What words are commonly confused with "boni"?
"boni" is commonly confused with "box", "boy", "bot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boni"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boni" is \bɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boni" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bron#32,715bari#32,701Cali#32,723cane#32,725

Similar misspelling depth

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

balls5 variantscime5 variantsainé5 variantsaboie5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list