button

/[ˈbʌtn.]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,162

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

button is aGermannoun. It means: Knopf (Kleidung) Pronounced [ˈbʌtn.]. It ranks #9,162 in German word frequency. Often confused with Buttons and Butt.

Key facts for button
PropertyValue
Headwordbutton
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʌtn.]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,162
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of button in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for button is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʌtn.]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,162 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for button, with forms such as "bbutton", "btuton", and "buton". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Buttons", "Butt", "Beton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is button, spelled B-U-T-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Knopf (Kleidung)
  2. 2
    Knopf (zum Drücken)
  3. 3
    Abzeichen, meist rund und klein
  4. 4
    allgemein etwas, das einem Kleidungsknopf ähnelt

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbutton,btuton,buton,butotn,buttno,buttonn,ubtton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for button

Misspelling Variants of "button"

bbutton7btuton6buton5butotn6buttno6buttonn7ubtton6
Misspelling Variants of "button"

Frequency rank: #9,162 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "button"?
"button" is spelled B-U-T-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʌtn.].
What does "button" mean?
As a noun, "button" means: Knopf (Kleidung)
What words are commonly confused with "button"?
"button" is commonly confused with "Buttons", "Butt", "Beton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "button"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "button" is [ˈbʌtn.]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "button" come from?
"button" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.