# Boise vs bore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Boise
*name · IPA /ˈbɔɪsiː/ · frequency rank #18,027*
A river in Idaho; flowing 102 miles from the confluence of the North and Middle forks in the Sawtooth Range into the Snake near Parma.

### bore
*verb · IPA /bɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #7,889*
To inspire boredom in somebody.

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