Büttner

[ˈbʏtnɐ]

/[ˈbʏtnɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Büttner” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,494
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Fässer herstellt

Corpus desk

Index DE-buttner · Büttner · German

Büttner · rank #30,494 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,494
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bürgerkriegs

Nearest frequency peer: Bürgerkriegs (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Büttner“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Büttner“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Büttner vs Butter
71% similar
Büttner vs bitter
57% similar
Büttner vs Butler
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Büttner
PropertyValue
HeadwordBüttner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʏtnɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,494
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Büttner“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Büttnerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bürgerkriegs“ (#30,493), „Casablanca“ (#30,495), „bösartig“ (#30,492). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Büttner“ bei #30,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Büttner (IPA [ˈbʏtnɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,494 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die Fässer herstellt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Büttner, with forms such as "bbüttner", "btütner", and "bütner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Butter", "bitter", "Butler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Büttner, spelled B-Ü-T-T-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Fässer herstellt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Mit Setzhämmern schlugen Büttner die Reifen auf die fertigen Fässer, setzten neue Böden ein oder wechselten kaputte Dauben aus.“

Synonyms

BinderBöttcherKüfer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbüttner
  • btütner
  • bütner
  • bütnter
  • büttenr
  • büttnerr
  • büttnner
  • büttnre
  • übttner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Büttner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbüttner1btütner2bütner1bütnter2büttenr2büttnerr1büttnner1büttnre2
Edit distance from "Büttner"

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 "Büttner"?
"Büttner" is spelled B-Ü-T-T-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏtnɐ].
What does "Büttner" mean?
As a noun, "Büttner" means: Person, die Fässer herstellt
What words are commonly confused with "Büttner"?
"Büttner" is commonly confused with "Butter", "bitter", "Butler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Büttner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Büttner" is [ˈbʏtnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Büttner" come from?
"Büttner" 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 "Büttner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blamage#30,485dasteht#30,504bezwang#30,482bewogen#30,478

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

committee9 variantsbezahl9 variantsduring9 variantsepisch9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list