Bottom or botton?
bottom is a noun meaning “The lowest part of anything”; botton is a noun meaning “Alternative form of bottom”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) bottom is about 427 times as common as botton.
What is the difference between bottom and botton?
| bottom | botton | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb, adjective | noun |
| Meaning | The lowest part of anything The lowest or last position in a rank To furnish (something) with a bottom | Alternative form of bottom |
| Example | Footers appear at the bottoms of pages | none recorded |
| Forms | bottoms | none |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɒt.əm/ /ˈbɑ.təm/ [ˈbɑ.ɾəm] | not recorded |
| In writing | 69 times per million words | about once in every 6 million words |
Sources: bottom and botton 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 bottom and botton
bottom
- 1
The lowest part of anything
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages
- 2
To furnish (something) with a bottom
to bottom a chair
- 3
The lowest or last place or position
Those files should go on the bottom shelf
- 4
The lowest or last position in a rank
The Red Sox are at the bottom again
- 5
To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water)
- 6
Relating to the genitals
bottom dysphoria
- 7
A garment worn to cover the body below the torso
There’s a hole in her pyjama bottoms
- 8
To establish or found (something) on or upon
Moreover, the Supreme Court has held that the President must obey outstanding executive orders, even when bottomed on the Constitution, until they are revoked
botton
- 1
Alternative form of bottom
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, bottom or botton?
bottom appears 69 times per million words; botton about once in every 6 million words.
bottom 69 times per million wordsbotton about once in every 6 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).