Butan
[buˈtaːn]
The verdict
“Butan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - farbloses und fast geruchloses, brennbares Gas, dessen Moleküle aus 4 Kohlenstoff- und 10 Wasserstoffatomen bestehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-butan · Butan · German
Butan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Butan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buˈtaːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Butan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Butan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [buˈtaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Butan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Butan, spelled B-U-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1farbloses und fast geruchloses, brennbares Gas, dessen Moleküle aus 4 Kohlenstoff- und 10 Wasserstoffatomen bestehen
- 2Stoffgruppe von isomeren Verbindungen mit der Summenformel C₄H₁₀
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Butan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In unserer Datsche kochen wir mit Butan.
Die Stoffgruppe der Butane besteht aus den beiden Vertretern n-Butan und iso-Butan, die zueinander isomer sind.
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This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.