  QCD corrections to the electroweak one-loop result for the partial width
$\Gamma(H\rightarrow b\bar{b})$ are studied. For the decay channel into bottom
quarks the rate is affected by a virtual top quark through electroweak
interactions. The calculation of QCD corrections to this quantity is performed
for an intermediate range Higgs mass in the heavy top mass limit. The leading
correction of order ${\cal O}(G_F\alpha_s m_t^2)$ is estimated. Numerically the
contribution is of comparable size as the electroweak correction, but of
opposite sign.
