Bootie or booty?
bootie is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of bootee”; booty is a noun meaning “Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) booty is about 22 times as common as bootie.
What is the difference between bootie and booty?
| bootie | booty | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb, adjective |
| Meaning | A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy To collect booty | |
| Example | none recorded | After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies |
| Forms | booties | booties |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈbuːti/ /ˈbʉwtɪj/ /ˈbʉte/ |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words | 3.9 times per million words |
Sources: bootie and booty in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of bootie and booty
bootie
- 1
Alternative spelling of bootee
booty
- 1
A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once
- 2
To collect booty
- 3
slangThe buttocks
You got a big ol' booty
- 4
slangvulgarOf low quality; bad
- 5
Alternative spelling of bootee
- 6
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy
- 7
slangvulgarA person considered as a sexual partner or sex object
- 8
Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere
After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, bootie or booty?
bootie appears about once in every 6 million words; booty 3.9 times per million words.
bootie about once in every 6 million wordsbooty 3.9 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search bootie vs booty?
“bootie vs booty” is searched about 50 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“booty vs bootie”, “bootie or booty”).
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