# froth

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɹɒθ/ · frequency rank #39,329

## Definitions
1. Foam.
2. Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
3. The idle rich.
4. Highly speculative investment.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **froze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/froth-vs-froze)
- **frown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/froth-vs-frown)
- **frothy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/froth-vs-frothy)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-froth)
- **foh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foh-vs-froth)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/from-vs-froth)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foot-vs-froth)
- **frog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frog-vs-froth)
- **fret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fret-vs-froth)
- **frat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-froth)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/front-vs-froth)
- **fresh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fresh-vs-froth)
- **faith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faith-vs-froth)
- **fifth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fifth-vs-froth)
- **forth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forth-vs-froth)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frost-vs-froth)
- **Fritz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fritz-vs-froth)
- **filth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-froth)
- **firth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firth-vs-froth)
- **footy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-froth)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffroth`, `froht`, `frothh`, `frotth`, `frroth`, `frtoh`, `rfoth`

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