Buttersäure

[ˈbʊtɐˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]

/[ˈbʊtɐˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Buttersäure” is uncommon German (frequency #66,081 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,081
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - farblose, ölige, unangenehm nach Schweiß riechende organische Säure

Corpus desk

Index DE-buttersaure · Buttersäure · German

Buttersäure · rank #66,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,081
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bällchen

Nearest frequency peer: Bällchen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Buttersäure“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Buttersäure“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Buttersäure
PropertyValue
HeadwordButtersäure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʊtɐˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Buttersäure“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Buttersäurefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bällchen“ (#66,082), „Bukkake“ (#66,078), „bösem“ (#66,084). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Buttersäure“ bei #66,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Buttersäure is uncommon German at frequency #66,081 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʊtɐˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farblose, ölige, unangenehm nach Schweiß riechende organische Säure".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Buttersäure, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Buttersäure, spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-S-Ä-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    farblose, ölige, unangenehm nach Schweiß riechende organische Säure

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Buttersäure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Beim Ranzigwerden von Butter entsteht Buttersäure, die im Wesentlichen für den ranzigen Geruch verantwortlich ist.
  2. Aus dem unangenehmen Geruch der Buttersäure wird bei der Veresterung ein sehr angenehmer Duft des entstandenen Esters.

Synonyms

Butansäure

This word in other languages

butyric acid(English)acide butyrique(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Buttersäure"?
"Buttersäure" is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-S-Ä-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊtɐˌzɔɪ̯ʁə].
What does "Buttersäure" mean?
As a noun, "Buttersäure" means: farblose, ölige, unangenehm nach Schweiß riechende organische Säure
How do you pronounce "Buttersäure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Buttersäure" is [ˈbʊtɐˌzɔɪ̯ʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Buttersäure" come from?
"Buttersäure" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Buttersäure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Briefwähler#66,071collections#66,096brauchbarer#66,065Blockflöten#66,056

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list