# bute

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,359

## Definitions
1. Phenylbutazone.

## Etymology
From its middle syllable.

## Easily confused with
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-buy)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-bye)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butt)
- **buzz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-buzz)
- **buys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-buys)
- **byte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-byte)
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-buyer)
- **butts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butts)
- **bytes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-bytes)
- **butte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butte)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butter)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butler)
- **butted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butted)
- **be** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/be-vs-bute)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bt-vs-bute)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/but-vs-bute)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bit-vs-bute)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bus-vs-bute)
- **bet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bet-vs-bute)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bat-vs-bute)

## Common misspellings (4)
`bbute`, `btue`, `buet`, `ubte`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bute