# boson

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/ · frequency rank #38,765

## Definitions
1. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

## Etymology
From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled "Developments in Atomic Theory".

## Easily confused with
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-boss)
- **bozo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-bozo)
- **Byron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-byron)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-bowen)
- **Botox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-botox)
- **Busan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-busan)
- **bossy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-bossy)
- **Boston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-boston)
- **Bryson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-bryson)
- **Bronson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boson-vs-bronson)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boo-vs-boson)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bon-vs-boson)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/book-vs-boson)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/born-vs-boson)
- **boom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boom-vs-boson)
- **boot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-boson)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boon-vs-boson)
- **boob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boob-vs-boson)
- **boko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boko-vs-boson)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bose-vs-boson)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bboson`, `boosn`, `bosno`, `bosonn`, `bosson`, `bsoon`, `obson`

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