# broth

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹɔθ/ · frequency rank #17,309

## Definitions
1. Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
2. A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

## Etymology
From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brow)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-bruh)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brut)
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brown)
- **brush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brush)
- **brute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brute)
- **brows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brows)
- **Brough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brough)
- **brother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brother)
- **brothel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broth-vs-brothel)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bro-vs-broth)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-broth)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/both-vs-broth)
- **bath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-broth)
- **boot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-broth)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bros-vs-broth)
- **beth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beth-vs-broth)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-broth)
- **brat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brat-vs-broth)
- **blot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blot-vs-broth)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbroth`, `borth`, `broht`, `brothh`, `brotth`, `brroth`, `brtoh`, `rboth`

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