# boy vs bro

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bro
*noun · IPA /bɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #3,602*
Brother (a male sibling).

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