# bought

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɔːt/ · frequency rank #1,294

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of buy.

## Etymology
See buy.

## Easily confused with
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bought-vs-bout)
- **bright** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bought-vs-bright)
- **Brough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bought-vs-brough)
- **brought** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bought-vs-brought)
- **bough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bough-vs-bought)
- **bight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bight-vs-bought)
- **blight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blight-vs-bought)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbought`, `boguht`, `bougght`, `boughht`, `boughtt`, `bougth`, `bouhgt`, `buoght`, `obught`

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