boud
/baʊd/obsolete
boud is spelled B-O-U-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boud means “A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boud is bouds.
How many letters and syllables are in boud?
| Letters | 4: B-O-U-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boud?
Boud appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 boud?
- /baʊd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with boud?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as boud.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: budo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does boud mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boud come from?
From Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (“beetle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).