# beth vs broth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### beth
*noun · IPA /bɛθ/ · frequency rank #8,638*
The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁

### broth
*noun · IPA /bɹɔθ/ · frequency rank #17,309*
Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

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