# boats vs booty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### booty
*noun · IPA /ˈbuːti/ · frequency rank #13,105*
A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.

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