# butternut

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,549

## Definitions
1. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
2. The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
3. The nut of this walnut tree.
4. A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
5. The souari nut.
6. Butternut squash.

## Etymology
From butter + nut.

## Easily confused with
- **buttercup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buttercup-vs-butternut)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbutternut`, `btuternut`, `buternut`, `butetrnut`, `buttenrut`, `butternnut`, `butterntu`, `butternutt`, `butterrnut`, `butterunt`, `buttrenut`, `ubtternut`

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