# bird vs Boyd

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bird
*noun · IPA /bɜːd/ · frequency rank #2,329*
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.

### Boyd
*name · IPA /bɔɪd/ · frequency rank #9,141*
A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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