boose
/buːs/noun, verb
boose is spelled B-O-O-S-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boose means “A stall for an animal (usually a cow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boose is booses.
How many letters and syllables are in boose?
| Letters | 5: B-O-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is boose?
Boose appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 boose?
- /buːs/
- /ˈbʉs/
As a noun (“Alternative spelling of booze”): /buːz/.
Boose has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boose.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boose
- booses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- boosy
- boosey
- boosing participle, present
- boosed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
- 2
Alternative spelling of booze.
verb
- 1
Alternative spelling of booze.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boose come from?
From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).