# bowels

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbaʊ.əlz/ · frequency rank #26,019

## Definitions
1. The deepest or innermost part.
2. The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
3. The intestines.
4. Compassion, sympathy.
5. The body as the source of offspring.

## Easily confused with
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bowl)
- **bows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bows)
- **boxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-boxes)
- **bowls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bowls)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bowen)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bower)
- **Bowes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bowes)
- **boxers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-boxers)
- **Bowles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bowles)
- **bowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowels-vs-bowery)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowe-vs-bowels)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bones-vs-bowels)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowel-vs-bowels)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowels)
- **boils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boils-vs-bowels)
- **bores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bores-vs-bowels)
- **Boers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boers-vs-bowels)
- **bodes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodes-vs-bowels)
- **bagels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bagels-vs-bowels)
- **Boswell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boswell-vs-bowels)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbowels`, `boewls`, `bowells`, `bowelss`, `bowesl`, `bowwels`, `bwoels`, `obwels`

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