# born vs Boya

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### born
*adjective · IPA /bɔːn/ · frequency rank #29,520*
Innato, de nacimiento.

### Boya
*name · IPA [ˈboʝa] · frequency rank #48,252*
Apellido.

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