buttock
/ˈbʌtək/
"buttock" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buttock” is uncommon English (frequency #54,065 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,065
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buttock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌtək/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buttock” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
buttock is uncommon English at frequency #54,065 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌtək/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for buttock, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt + -ock… The correct English form is buttock, spelled B-U-T-T-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
- 2The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt + -ock (diminutive suffix).
This word in other languages
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 “buttock”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-U-T-T-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.