# booze

> English word · Noun · IPA /buːz/ · frequency rank #12,012

## Definitions
1. Any alcoholic beverage.
2. Any alcoholic beverage.
3. A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.

## Etymology
Originally a Northern England dialectal form of bowse.

## Easily confused with
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-bore)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-bose)
- **boyz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-boyz)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-bowe)
- **bozo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-bozo)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-broke)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-borne)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-bowie)
- **Boyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-boyle)
- **Boyce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-boyce)
- **bronze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-bronze)
- **Brooke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-brooke)
- **boozer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-boozer)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boo-vs-booze)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-booze)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/book-vs-booze)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-booze)
- **boom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boom-vs-booze)
- **boot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-booze)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boon-vs-booze)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbooze`, `booez`, `boozze`, `boze`, `bozoe`, `oboze`

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