# butler

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #6,219

## Definitions
1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
2. The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
3. A valet, a male personal attendant.

## Etymology
From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.

## Easily confused with
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-buyer)
- **butte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-butte)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-butter)
- **buzzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-buzzer)
- **butted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-butted)
- **butters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-butters)
- **buttery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-buttery)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bute-vs-butler)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-butler)
- **biter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-butler)
- **better** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/better-vs-butler)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bother-vs-butler)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bullet-vs-butler)
- **bitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bitter-vs-butler)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-butler)
- **buffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-butler)
- **boiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiler-vs-butler)
- **bumper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumper-vs-butler)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunker-vs-butler)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batter-vs-butler)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbutler`, `btuler`, `bulter`, `butelr`, `butlerr`, `butller`, `butlre`, `buttler`, `ubtler`

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