brothy

adj

"brothy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“brothy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of broth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-brothy · brothy · English

brothy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for brothy
PropertyValue
Headwordbrothy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “brothy” in English

brothyfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brothy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resembling or characteristic of broth.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brothy, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From broth + -y. The correct English form is brothy, spelled B-R-O-T-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of broth.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The brothy taste of tea brew originates in the amino acids fraction […]

Etymology

From broth + -y.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brothy"?
"brothy" is spelled B-R-O-T-H-Y.
What does "brothy" mean?
As an adjective, "brothy" means: Resembling or characteristic of broth.
What is the origin of the word "brothy"?
From broth + -y. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list