buttery
/ˈbʌtəɹi/
"buttery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buttery” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #32,304 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #32,304
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Made with or tasting of butter.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buttery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbʌtəɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buttery” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for buttery is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbʌtəɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,304 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for buttery, with forms such as "bbuttery", "btutery", and "butery". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "butte", "better", "butter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic. The correct English form is buttery, spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Made with or tasting of butter.
- 2Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
- 3Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
- 4Ellipsis of buttery smooth.
Etymology
From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbuttery,btutery,butery,butetry,butterry,butteryy,butteyr,buttrey,ubttery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buttery - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “buttery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-T-T-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbʌtəɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “butte” - see the side-by-side comparison. buttery vs butte
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.