# boi vs böse

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### boi
*noun · IPA [boj] · frequency rank #40,444*
der Ochse

### böse
*adjective · IPA [ˈbøːzə] · frequency rank #1,543*
moralisch falsch, nicht gut; bösartig

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/boi-vs-bose