BHT
"bht" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“BHT” is uncommon English (frequency #97,847 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,847
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of butylated hydroxytoluene.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bht · BHT · English
BHT · rank #97,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,847
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH beseeching
Nearest frequency peer: beseeching (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “BHT”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- beneficiati…
beneficiation
2,158 corpus weight
- Benicia
Benicia
2,157 corpus weight
- benzoic
benzoic
2,156 corpus weight
- beseeching
beseeching
2,155 corpus weight
- BHT
BHT
2,154 corpus weight
- Bich
Bich
2,152 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “BHT” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BHT |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #97,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “BHT” in English
Rare enough to double-check
BHT is uncommon English at frequency #97,847 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for BHT in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is BHT, spelled B-H-T.
Definition
- 1Initialism of butylated hydroxytoluene.
- 2Initialism of black hairy tongue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how BHT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The group said that the preservative was unnecessary, and that it was possible to find competing products side by side on grocery shelves, some with BHT and others without it.
Among the effective agents, studies in animals and people indicate, are the preservatives BHA and BHT, which are commonly added to cereals and baked goods, and a group of chemicals naturally present in such vegetables as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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