# Boro vs boys

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Boro
*name · frequency rank #37,348*
The town of Middlesbrough, and more specifically Middlesbrough FC football club.

### boys
*noun · IPA /bɔɪz/ · frequency rank #986*
plural of boy

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