# beech

> English word · Noun · IPA /biːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #20,296

## Definitions
1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
2. The wood of the beech tree.

## Etymology
From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.

## Easily confused with
- **been** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-been)
- **beer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beer)
- **beef** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beef)
- **bees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-bees)
- **beth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beth)
- **beep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beep)
- **beet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beet)
- **bleh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-bleh)
- **bitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-bitch)
- **bunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-bunch)
- **bench** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-bench)
- **beers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beers)
- **birch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-birch)
- **berth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-berth)
- **butch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-butch)
- **Busch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-busch)
- **beets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beets)
- **Burch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-burch)
- **Bloch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-bloch)
- **beefy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beech-vs-beefy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbeech`, `beceh`, `bech`, `beecch`, `beechh`, `beehc`, `ebech`

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