both

//bəʊɵ// adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,462

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

both is anSpanishadj. It means: Ambos, ambas. Pronounced /bəʊɵ/. Often confused with boy and box.

Key facts for both
PropertyValue
Headwordboth
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA/bəʊɵ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#37,462
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of both in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for both is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bəʊɵ/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,462 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ambos, ambas.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for both, with forms such as "bboth", "boht", and "bothh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boy", "box", "but", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is both, spelled B-O-T-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ambos, ambas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboth,boht,bothh,botth,btoh,obth,voth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for both

Misspelling Variants of "both"

bboth5boht4bothh5botth5btoh4obth4voth4
Misspelling Variants of "both"

Frequency rank: #37,462 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "both"?
"both" is spelled B-O-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is /bəʊɵ/.
What does "both" mean?
As an adj, "both" means: Ambos, ambas.
What words are commonly confused with "both"?
"both" is commonly confused with "boy", "box", "but". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "both"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "both" is /bəʊɵ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "both" come from?
"both" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.