boah

[bɔːɐ̯]

/[bɔːɐ̯]/ intj

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The verdict

“boah” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,436
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf des Erstaunens, der Überraschung oder des Genervtseins

Corpus desk

Index DE-boah · boah · German

boah · rank #10,436 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,436
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Biographie

Nearest frequency peer: Biographie (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „boah“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „boah“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

boah vs Bot
25% similar
boah vs Box
25% similar
boah vs Bob
25% similar

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

Key facts for boah
PropertyValue
Headwordboah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[bɔːɐ̯]
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,436
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „boah“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.boahliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Biographie“ (#10,435), „Bundesministerium“ (#10,437), „besiegen“ (#10,434). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „boah“ bei #10,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around boah (IPA [bɔːɐ̯]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #10,436 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ausruf des Erstaunens, der Überraschung oder des Genervtseins".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for boah, with forms such as "baoh", "bboah", and "boahh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bot", "Box", "Bob", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is boah, spelled B-O-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausruf des Erstaunens, der Überraschung oder des Genervtseins

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Boah, ist das gut!
  2. Boah ey, ist das geil!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • baoh
  • bboah
  • boahh
  • boha
  • obah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

baoh2bboah1boahh1boha2obah2
Edit distance from "boah"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boah"?
"boah" is spelled B-O-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bɔːɐ̯].
What does "boah" mean?
As an interjection, "boah" means: Ausruf des Erstaunens, der Überraschung oder des Genervtseins
What words are commonly confused with "boah"?
"boah" is commonly confused with "Bot", "Box", "Bob". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boah" is [bɔːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boah" come from?
"boah" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

clip#10,444days#10,447fame#10,471wagt#10,398

Similar misspelling depth

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

Essay5 variantsRaub5 variantslake5 variantsfeat5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list