booty
boo·ty/ˈbuːti/noun, verb, adjective
booty is spelled B-O-O-T-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (boo·ty). It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “bootie vs booty” about 50 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, booty means “A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of booty is booties.
How many letters and syllables are in booty?
| Letters | 5: B-O-O-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: boo·ty |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is booty?
Booty appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce booty?
- UK /ˈbuːti/
- British /ˈbʉwtɪj/
- /ˈbʉte/
Booty has 2 syllables, split boo·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-booty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with booty
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: bootie.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with booty?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as booty from its last stressed vowel (/uti/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of booty
- booties plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- bootying participle, present
- bootied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does booty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- 2
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
- 3
Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.
After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies.
- 4
slangThe buttocks.
You got a big ol' booty.
- 5
slangvulgarA person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
- 6
slangvulgarSexual intercourse.
- 7
Alternative spelling of bootee.
verb
- 1
To collect booty.
adjective
- 1
slangvulgarOf low quality; bad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Booty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | butin, dépouille , fesses, cul, séant, postérieur |
| German | Beute, Raubgut , Arsch, Hintern |
| Portuguese | espólio, roubo, saque , bunda |
| Spanish | botín |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does booty come from?
From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German bǖte (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”). Sense perhaps influenced by boot (as in to boot).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).