# sorbet

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɔɹˈbeɪ/ · frequency rank #45,092

## Definitions
1. Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)der.
Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba)bor.
Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat)bor.
Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet)bor.
Italian sorbettobor.
Middle French sorbetbor.
English sorbet
Borrowed from Middle French sorbet, borrowed from Italian sorbetto, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba).
Doublet of sherbet and sharbat, related to syrup.

## Easily confused with
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorbet-vs-sort)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorbet-vs-sore)
- **street** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorbet-vs-street)
- **soviet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorbet-vs-soviet)
- **sorted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorbet-vs-sorted)
- **sorrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorbet-vs-sorrel)
- **sober** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sober-vs-sorbet)
- **socket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socket-vs-sorbet)
- **somber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somber-vs-sorbet)
- **sonnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sorbet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`osrbet`, `sobret`, `sorbbet`, `sorbett`, `sorbte`, `sorebt`, `sorrbet`, `srobet`, `ssorbet`

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