# butting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʌtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #43,550

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of butt

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butting-vs-buying)
- **button** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butting-vs-button)
- **buttons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butting-vs-buttons)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/butting-vs-buzzing)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biting-vs-butting)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-butting)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beating-vs-butting)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/betting-vs-butting)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batting-vs-butting)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-butting)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busting-vs-butting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burying-vs-butting)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-butting)
- **bumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-butting)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budding-vs-butting)
- **bugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-butting)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-butting)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulging-vs-butting)
- **baiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-butting)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booting-vs-butting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbutting`, `btuting`, `buting`, `butitng`, `buttign`, `buttingg`, `buttinng`, `buttnig`, `ubtting`

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