# bolted vs booed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bolted
*verb · IPA /ˈbəʊltɪd/ · frequency rank #20,857*
simple past and past participle of bolt

### booed
*verb · IPA /buːd/ · frequency rank #25,684*
simple past and past participle of boo

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