# boat vs brant

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### boat
*noun · IPA /bəʊt/ · frequency rank #1,986*
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.

### brant
*noun · IPA /bɹænt/ · frequency rank #32,713*
Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

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