boys

/[bɔɪz]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,299

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

boys is aGermannoun. It means: Plural des Substantivs boy Pronounced [bɔɪz]. It ranks #7,299 in German word frequency. Often confused with by and BS.

Key facts for boys
PropertyValue
Headwordboys
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɔɪz]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,299
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of boys in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for boys is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɔɪz]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,299 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plural des Substantivs boy".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for boys, with forms such as "bboys", "bosy", and "boyss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BS", "Bus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is boys, spelled B-O-Y-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs boy

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboys,bosy,boyss,boyys,byos,obys

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for boys

Misspelling Variants of "boys"

bboys5bosy4boyss5boyys5byos4obys4
Misspelling Variants of "boys"

Frequency rank: #7,299 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boys"?
"boys" is spelled B-O-Y-S. The IPA pronunciation is [bɔɪz].
What does "boys" mean?
As a noun, "boys" means: Plural des Substantivs boy
What words are commonly confused with "boys"?
"boys" is commonly confused with "by", "BS", "Bus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boys"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boys" is [bɔɪz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boys" come from?
"boys" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.