# boy vs buh

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### buh
*intj · IPA [buː] · frequency rank #43,079*
Ausruf bei der Absicht, jemanden zu erschrecken

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