beth
/bɛθ/noun
beth is spelled B-E-T-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beth means “The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beth is beths.
How many letters and syllables are in beth?
| Letters | 4: B-E-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.4 times per million words; the 8,669th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is beth?
Beth appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce beth?
- /bɛθ/
- /bɛt/
Beth has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with beth
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of beth
- beths plural
- bet
- beyt
- beis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
- 2
The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
- 3
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
- 4
The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Aramaic and Hebrew letter:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bèt, bet, beth |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does beth come from?
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).