boi
/bɔɪ/noun, interjection
boi is spelled B-O-I: 3 letters. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “boi vs boy” about 20 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, boi means “Alternative spelling of boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boi is bois or boiz.
How many letters and syllables are in boi?
| Letters | 3: B-O-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boi?
Boi appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce boi?
- /bɔɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-boi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with boi
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: boy, buoy (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: boy.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with boi?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as boi.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bio, obi.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of boi
- bois plural
- boiz plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangAlternative spelling of boy.
- 2
A male bottom (i.e. submissive partner), defined not by junior age, but by his obedient role and submission to the dominant "top".
- 3
A lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance.
- 4
A trans boy; a trans man or transmasculine person.
noun
- 1
Initialism of basal osseointegrated implant.
- 2
Initialism of bill of information.
interjection
- 1
Alternative spelling of boy (“exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boi come from?
From boy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).