# boards vs Boris

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### boards
*noun · IPA /bɔːdz/ · frequency rank #4,215*
plural of board

### Boris
*name · IPA /ˈbɒɹɪs/ · frequency rank #8,643*
A male given name from the Slavic languages.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boards-vs-boris