# bath

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɑːθ/ · frequency rank #3,352

## Definitions
1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
3. Clipping of bathroom.
4. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
5. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
6. An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
7. The body of liquid one bathes in.
8. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-
Proto-Germanic *baþą
Proto-West Germanic *baþ
Old English bæþ
Middle English bath
English bath
From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe.
Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

## Easily confused with
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bt)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bh)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-but)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bit)
- **bet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bet)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bay)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-btw)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bot)
- **BTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-btc)
- **BTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bts)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-baz)
- **BMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bmt)
- **BTU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-btu)
- **Bau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bau)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-both)
- **beat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-beat)
- **boat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-boat)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bush)
- **bite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-bite)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-butt)

## Common misspellings (5)
`abth`, `bathh`, `batth`, `bbath`, `btah`

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