booth

/buːð/

//buːð// noun

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"booth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“booth” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,027
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

Corpus desk

Index EN-booth · booth · English

booth · rank #6,027 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,027
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH belly

Nearest frequency peer: belly (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “booth”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “booth” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

booth vs bot
60% similar
booth vs both
80% similar
booth vs bout
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for booth
PropertyValue
Headwordbooth
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/buːð/
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,027
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “booth”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).boothlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “belly” (#6,026), “breakdown” (#6,028), “backs” (#6,025). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “booth” is #6,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around booth (IPA /buːð/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,027 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for booth, with forms such as "bbooth", "booht", and "boothh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bot", "both", "bout", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude. The correct English form is booth, spelled B-O-O-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
  2. 2
    A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure.
  3. 3
    A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.
  4. 4
    An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.
  5. 5
    An enclosure for keeping animals.
  6. 6
    A recording studio.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how booth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. When Gro came to the Witches’ booths he found them guarded even as the Red Foliot had said, and the booths of them of Demonland in like manner. So went he into the royal booth where the King lay in state on a bier of spear-shafts, robed in his kingly robes over his armour that was painted black and inlaid with gold, and the crown of Witchland on his head.
  2. Sitting in one of the booths (with table and comfy seats) in the open plan ground floor reception, Network Rail Business Change Manager Sarah Newman explains how NR had been eyeing up the building in late 2024, with work starting on site in August 2025.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude.

This word in other languages

puesto(Español)stand(Français)Stand(Deutsch)banca(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbooth
  • booht
  • boothh
  • bootth
  • botoh
  • oboth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of booth - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbooth1booht2boothh1bootth1botoh2oboth2
Edit distance from "booth"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "booth"?
"booth" is spelled B-O-O-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is /buːð/.
What does "booth" mean?
As a noun, "booth" means: A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
What words are commonly confused with "booth"?
"booth" is commonly confused with "bot", "both", "bout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "booth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "booth" is /buːð/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "booth"?
Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "booth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

belly#6,026backs#6,025array#6,023witch#6,019

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cliff6 variantsDennis6 variantssilk6 variantspairs6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list