# buttery

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbʌtəɹi/ · frequency rank #32,304

## Definitions
1. Made with or tasting of butter.
2. Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
3. Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
4. Ellipsis 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.

## Easily confused with
- **butte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butte-vs-buttery)
- **better** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/better-vs-buttery)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butter-vs-buttery)
- **bitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bitter-vs-buttery)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butler-vs-buttery)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batter-vs-buttery)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buster-vs-buttery)
- **butted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butted-vs-buttery)
- **battery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battery-vs-buttery)
- **butters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butters-vs-buttery)
- **bitterly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bitterly-vs-buttery)
- **buttered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buttered-vs-buttery)
- **butchery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butchery-vs-buttery)
- **butterfly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butterfly-vs-buttery)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbuttery`, `btutery`, `butery`, `butetry`, `butterry`, `butteryy`, `butteyr`, `buttrey`, `ubttery`

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