# Botha

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,313

## Definitions
1. A surname from Afrikaans.
2. A village in Alberta, Canada.

## Etymology
From Afrikaans Botha. Doublet of Both.
* (Botha, Alberta): Named after Louis Botha.

## Easily confused with
- **broth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/botha-vs-broth)
- **Botox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/botha-vs-botox)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/botha-vs-bother)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-botha)
- **boa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boa-vs-botha)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/both-vs-botha)
- **bath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-botha)
- **beta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beta-vs-botha)
- **beth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-botha)
- **bona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bona-vs-botha)
- **Boca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boca-vs-botha)
- **bora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bora-vs-botha)
- **bosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-botha)
- **boba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boba-vs-botha)
- **Bohr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-botha)
- **bola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bola-vs-botha)
- **boho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boho-vs-botha)
- **booth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booth-vs-botha)
- **baths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baths-vs-botha)
- **bathe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathe-vs-botha)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbotha`, `bohta`, `botah`, `bothha`, `bottha`, `btoha`, `obtha`

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