# buried vs butted

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### buried
*adjective · IPA /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ · frequency rank #3,604*
Placed in a grave at a burial.

### butted
*verb · IPA /ˈbʌtɪd/ · frequency rank #48,109*
simple past and past participle of butt

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buried-vs-butted