# but vs bute

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### but
*preposition · IPA /ˈbʌt/ · frequency rank #25*
Apart from, except (for), excluding.

### bute
*noun · frequency rank #37,359*
Phenylbutazone.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/but-vs-bute