Which to use
“butt” and “butte” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,430
- “butt” frequency rank
- #25,693
- “butte” frequency rank
- 30123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | butt | butte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end | An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. |
Where the eye mixes butt and butte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: butt vs butte
A purely visual mix-up. butt (/bʌt/) and butte (/ˈbjuːt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “butt” sits inside “butte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
butt is recorded at frequency rank #4,430, classified as anoun, pronounced /bʌt/. butte is at rank #25,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbjuːt/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30123, this pair ranks #357,162 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of butt vs butte
Shared letters: btu. Private to "butt": -. Private to "butte": e.
"butt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "butte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "butt" and "butte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "butt" or "butte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "butt" and "butte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "butt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "butte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,162 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "butt" and "butte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beaut vs butte". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #357,162 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.