Boyce
/bɔɪs/
"boyce" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Boyce” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #26,020 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #26,020
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An English habitational surname from Old French for someone living near the woods.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boyce |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bɔɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Boyce” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Boyce is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɔɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,020 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Boyce, with forms such as "bboyce", "bocye", and "boycce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bye", "boys", "Boyd", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French bois (“wood”). The correct English form is Boyce, spelled B-O-Y-C-E.
Definition
- 1An English habitational surname from Old French for someone living near the woods.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- 4A neighbourhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
- 5A town in Clarke County, Virginia, United States.
Etymology
From Old French bois (“wood”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bboyce,bocye,boycce,boyec,boyyce,byoce,obyce
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Boyce - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Boyce”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-Y-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɔɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bye” - see the side-by-side comparison. Boyce vs bye
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.