# booth

> English word · Noun · IPA /buːð/ · frequency rank #6,027

## Definitions
1. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
2. A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure.
3. A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.
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. An enclosure for keeping animals.
6. A recording studio.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-bot)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-both)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-bout)
- **bosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-bosh)
- **boots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-boots)
- **booze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-booze)
- **booty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-booty)
- **broth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-broth)
- **bouts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-bouts)
- **Botha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-botha)
- **bough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-bough)
- **booths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-booths)
- **brooch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-brooch)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boo-vs-booth)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/book-vs-booth)
- **boat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boat-vs-booth)
- **bath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-booth)
- **boom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boom-vs-booth)
- **boot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-booth)
- **bolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolt-vs-booth)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbooth`, `booht`, `boothh`, `bootth`, `botoh`, `oboth`

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