button

[ˈbʌtn.]

/[ˈbʌtn.]/ noun

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The verdict

“button” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,162
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Knopf (Kleidung)

Corpus desk

Index DE-button · button · German

button · rank #9,162 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,162
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bohnen

Nearest frequency peer: Bohnen (-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 „button“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „button“ 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).

button vs Buttons
71% similar
button vs Butt
50% similar
button vs Beton
50% similar

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

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „button“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).buttonliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bohnen“ (#9,161), „Böhmen“ (#9,163), „Bezeichneten“ (#9,160). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „button“ bei #9,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around button (IPA [ˈbʌtn.]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,162 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for button, with forms such as "bbutton", "btuton", and "buton". 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 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is button, spelled B-U-T-T-O-N.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Do not push the red button!

Synonyms

push buttonknobbadge

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbutton
  • btuton
  • buton
  • butotn
  • buttno
  • buttonn
  • ubtton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of button - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbutton1btuton2buton1butotn2buttno2buttonn1ubtton2
Edit distance from "button"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Böhmen#9,163Bohnen#9,161Araber#9,141erbaut#9,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

draus7 variantsArmin7 variantsfrisst7 variantsfände7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list