# boko vs bongo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### boko
*noun · IPA /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/ · frequency rank #19,771*
The nose.

### bongo
*noun · IPA /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #33,958*
A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

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