# boy vs bozo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### boy
*noun · IPA /bɔɪ/ · frequency rank #688*
A male child.

### bozo
*noun · IPA /ˈbəʊ.zəʊ/ · frequency rank #45,819*
A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boy-vs-bozo