butoh
noun
butoh is spelled B-U-T-O-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, butoh means “A form of Japanese contemporary dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in butoh?
| Letters | 5: B-U-T-O-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is butoh?
Butoh appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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).
What does butoh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of Japanese contemporary dance.
She’s a butoh dancer.
- 2
colloquialvulgarPenis
- 3
colloquialvulgarTerm of abuse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does butoh come from?
From Japanese 舞踏 (butō). The trailing “h” is to indicate the pronunciation; compare bokeh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).