# boats vs booms

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### boats
*noun · IPA /bəʊts/ · frequency rank #4,656*
plural of boat

### booms
*noun · IPA /buːmz/ · frequency rank #28,847*
plural of boom

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