bofa
/ˈboʊfə/
"bofa" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bofa” is uncommon English (frequency #65,741 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,741
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An interjection of "both of my balls" or "both of deez nuts".
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bofa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈboʊfə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bofa” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bofa is uncommon English at frequency #65,741 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈboʊfə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An interjection of "both of my balls" or "both of deez nuts".".
bofa has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Contraction of both + of. The correct English form is bofa, spelled B-O-F-A.
Definition
- 1An interjection of "both of my balls" or "both of deez nuts".
Etymology
Contraction of both + of.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bofa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-F-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.