bare-butt
"bare-butt" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bare-butt” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bare-butt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bare-butt” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bare-butt is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bare-butt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bare (“naked”) + butt (“bottom”). The correct English form is bare-butt, spelled B-A-R-E---B-U-T-T.
Definition
- 1With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
- 2Stark naked.
Etymology
From bare (“naked”) + butt (“bottom”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bare-butt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-R-E---B-U-T-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.