# booger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʊɡɚ/ · frequency rank #41,533

## Definitions
1. A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
2. Something suggestive of this material.
3. A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
4. A monster, a bogey.

## Etymology
Alteration of the English dialectal words buggard (bug + -ard), boggart or boggard. Compare bogey. Compare also Alemannic German Naaseböög (“booger”).

## Easily confused with
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-boxer)
- **booze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-booze)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-boone)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-bower)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-boyer)
- **border** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-border)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-bother)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-burger)
- **booked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-booked)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-broker)
- **boogie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-boogie)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-booker)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-bowler)
- **boomer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-boomer)
- **booted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-booted)
- **bowser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-bowser)
- **bugger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-bugger)
- **Borges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-borges)
- **boomed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-boomed)
- **bulger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booger-vs-bulger)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbooger`, `boger`, `bogoer`, `booegr`, `boogerr`, `boogger`, `boogre`, `oboger`

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