# beth

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɛθ/ · frequency rank #8,638

## Definitions
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

## Etymology
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.

## Easily confused with
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bt)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bh)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-but)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bit)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-btw)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bot)
- **BTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-btc)
- **bey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bey)
- **BTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bts)
- **bev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bev)
- **BMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bmt)
- **BTU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-btu)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-both)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bush)
- **bite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bite)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-butt)
- **bits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bits)
- **blah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-blah)
- **bets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bets)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bruh)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbeth`, `beht`, `bethh`, `betth`, `bteh`, `ebth`

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