# Butterworth

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbʌtə(ɹ)ˌwɜː(ɹ)θ/ · frequency rank #37,842

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A ghost town in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.
4. A city in Penang, Malaysia.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English butere (“butter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
The city in Malaysia is named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.

## Common misspellings (16)
`bbutterworth`, `btuterworth`, `buterworth`, `butetrworth`, `butterowrth`, `butterrworth`, `butterworht`, `butterworrth`, `butterworthh`, `butterwortth`, `butterwotrh`, `butterwroth`, `butterwworth`, `buttewrorth`, `buttreworth`, `ubtterworth`

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