# Boer vs bot

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Boer
*noun · IPA /bɔː/ · frequency rank #27,747*
A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.

### bot
*noun · IPA /bɒt/ · frequency rank #9,289*
The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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