# bookie vs Bowie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bookie
*noun · IPA /ˈbʊki/ · frequency rank #42,553*
A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.

### Bowie
*name · IPA /ˈbəʊ.i/ · frequency rank #14,076*
A surname.

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