brothy
"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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brothy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “brothy” in English
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
- 1Resembling or characteristic of broth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how brothy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.