Which to use
“board” and “bod” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #567
- “board” frequency rank
- #27,073
- “bod” frequency rank
- 27640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | board | bod |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. | The body. |
Where the eye mixes board and bod
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. board (/bɔːd/) and bod (/bɒd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
board is recorded at frequency rank #567, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɔːd/. bod is at rank #27,073, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɒd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27640, this pair ranks #377,344 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of board vs bod
Shared letters: bdo. Private to "board": ar. Private to "bod": -.
"board" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "bod" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- board ← baord · bboard · boadr · boardd · boarrd · borad · obard