# brotherhood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹʌð.ɚˌhʊd/ · frequency rank #8,900

## Definitions
1. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
2. An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

## Etymology
From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.

## Common misspellings (17)
`bbrotherhood`, `bortherhood`, `brohterhood`, `brotehrhood`, `brothehrood`, `brotherhhood`, `brotherhod`, `brotherhodo`, `brotherhoodd`, `brotherohod`, `brotherrhood`, `brothherhood`, `brothrehood`, `brottherhood`, `brrotherhood`, `brtoherhood`, `rbotherhood`

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