How to spell berth

hear itberth/bɜrθ/nounLong vowels

What it means: A bed on a ship or train.

In a sentence: The sailor slept in his cozy berth on the boat.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as birth or berf.

Same family: berths, berthing, reberth, position, post. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Berth” comes from a 17th‑century nautical term meaning a safe place for a ship to stay, and later a place for a sailor to sleep; from there, its meaning broadened to include a secure place or job in an organization.

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