# boll vs boy

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### boll
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #23,868*
die Kornhülse, die Spreu

### boy
*noun · IPA [bɔɪ] · frequency rank #4,966*
Junge, junger Mann

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/boll-vs-boy