Boje
[ˈboːjə]
The verdict
“Boje” is uncommon German (frequency #53,550 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,550
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schwimmender Körper, der (am Grund verankert) dem Festmachen von Schiffen oder Booten dient
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boje |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈboːjə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Boje” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Boje is uncommon German at frequency #53,550 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈboːjə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Boje doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Boje, spelled B-O-J-E.
Definition
- 1schwimmender Körper, der (am Grund verankert) dem Festmachen von Schiffen oder Booten dient
- 2(nicht verankerte) Treibboje (beispielsweise als Instrumententräger für die Forschung)
- 3als Markierung für den Anker eines Schiffes/Bootes
- 4schwimmende (meist verankerte) Seezeichen
- 5technische Einrichtung im Inneren eines Schwimmkörpers zur Ortung, Analyse und Wasseraufbereitung rundum
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Boje”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-O-J-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈboːjə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.