# bethel

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,991

## Definitions
1. A holy place.
2. A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
3. A chapter of Job's Daughters International.

## Etymology
From Hebrew בֵּית אֵל (beth el, literally “house of God”). See also Bethel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.

## Easily confused with
- **Bette** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-bette)
- **bezel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-bezel)
- **bevel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-bevel)
- **better** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-better)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-bother)
- **bushel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-bushel)
- **brothel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-brothel)
- **beth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-bethel)
- **bathe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathe-vs-bethel)
- **bathed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathed-vs-bethel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbethel`, `behtel`, `betehl`, `bethell`, `bethhel`, `bethle`, `betthel`, `btehel`, `ebthel`

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