froth
/ˈfɹɒθ/noun, verb
froth is spelled F-R-O-T-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, froth means “Foam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of froth is froths.
How many letters and syllables are in froth?
| Letters | 5: F-R-O-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is froth?
Froth appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce froth?
- UK /ˈfɹɒθ/
- UK [ˈfɹʷɒθ]
- /ˈfɹɔθ/
Froth has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-froth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with froth?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as froth from its last stressed vowel (/ɒθ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: forth.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of froth
- froths plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- frothing participle, present
- frothed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does froth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Foam.
Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
- 2
Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?
- 3
The idle rich.
- 4
Highly speculative investment.
verb
- 1
To create froth in (a liquid).
I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
- 2
(of a liquid) To bubble.
- 3
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
- 4
(literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
- 5
To cover with froth.
A horse froths his chain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Froth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mousse, écume |
| German | Schaum , aufschäumen , schäumen |
| Portuguese | espuma , espumar |
| Spanish | espuma , espumar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does froth come from?
From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).