# BOE vs bow

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### BOE
*abbrev · IPA [ˈboe] · frequency rank #16,280*
Boletín Oficial del Estado.

### bow
*noun · IPA /bəʊ/ · frequency rank #36,439*
Arco.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/boe-vs-bow