Which to use
“butters” and “butts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,893
- “butters” frequency rank
- #14,287
- “butts” frequency rank
- 46180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | butters | butts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of butter | plural of butt |
Where the eye mixes butters and butts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. butters runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against butts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between butters and butts
A purely visual mix-up. butters (/ˈbʌt.əz/) and butts (/bʌts/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
butters is recorded at frequency rank #31,893, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbʌt.əz/. butts is at rank #14,287, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bʌts/.
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 46180, this pair ranks #214,184 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of butters vs butts
Shared letters: bstu. Private to "butters": er. Private to "butts": -.
"butters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "butts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "butters" and "butts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "butters" vs "butts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "butters" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "butts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,184 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "butters" and "butts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "butted vs butters". 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 #214,184 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.