# bosh

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɒʃ/ · frequency rank #31,086

## Definitions
1. Nonsense.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.

## Easily confused with
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bs)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-box)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bus)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bow)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bot)
- **BTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bts)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bsa)
- **bps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bps)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-both)
- **boys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-boys)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-boss)
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-busy)
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bowl)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bush)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bros)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bout)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bust)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-boyd)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bruh)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbosh`, `bohs`, `boshh`, `bossh`, `bsoh`, `obsh`

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