# boar

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #19,537

## Definitions
1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
2. A male pig.
3. A male boar (sense 1).
4. A male bear.
5. A male guinea pig.

## Etymology
From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

## Easily confused with
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-br)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-box)
- **bob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bob)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bow)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-boo)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bra)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bot)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bon)
- **Boi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-boi)
- **bop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bop)
- **bog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bog)
- **BOM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bom)
- **bod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bod)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bor)
- **bok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bok)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bsa)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bol)
- **BPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-bpa)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-boe)

## Common misspellings (4)
`baor`, `bboar`, `boarr`, `obar`

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