# bok

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bɑk/ · frequency rank #30,339

## Definitions
1. Keen or willing.

## Etymology
From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck. Compare German Bock (“willingness, desire”).

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-by)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bs)
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-br)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bt)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bp)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bw)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-buy)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-box)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bus)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bro)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bye)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bow)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bug)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bud)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-btw)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-boo)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bok-vs-bra)

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