botón
[boˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“botón” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,860
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pieza que, inserta en un ojal, se utiliza para abrochar o adornar una prenda de vestir u otro artefacto.
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 | botón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “botón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around botón (IPA [boˈt̪õn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,860 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for botón, with forms such as "bbotón", "botnó", and "bottón". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bots", "buzón", "bufón", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is botón, spelled B-O-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Pieza que, inserta en un ojal, se utiliza para abrochar o adornar una prenda de vestir u otro artefacto.
- 2Control que se presiona o gira para activar o regular la función de un mecanismo.
- 3En particular, pieza que se presiona para mover el pistón de algunos instrumentos de viento.
- 4Representación gráfica de un botón₂, que cumple la función de este en una interfaz informática.
- 5Objeto pequeño que se fija a otro, de forma que sobresalga, para asir, proteger o limitar el movimiento de aquél.
- 6En particular, pieza a la que se sujetan las cuerdas por el extremo opuesto al de la clavija en los instrumentos de cuerda.
- 7Pieza esférica que se coloca en la punta del florete para proteger al contrincante en los ejercicios de esgrima.
- 8Embrión del brote de un vegetal, que dará origen a una ramita.
- 9Flor en formación, aun cerrada y cubierta por los sépalos.
- 10En las flores compuestas, la parte central de forma circular, formada por las flores simples centrales que son de menor tamaño.
- 11Protuberancia pequeña de la piel, resultado de una pequeña inflamación local.
- 12Persona dada a la delación.
- 13En general, agente de la policía u otra fuerza de seguridad.
- 14Viento frío del norte ^([cita requerida]).
- 15Censura verbal del carácter o las acciones de alguno ^([cita requerida]).
- 16Emoción o sensación de rechazo que se siente por algo considerado carente de valor u honor ^([cita requerida]).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbotón
- botnó
- bottón
- botónn
- boótn
- btoón
- obtón
- votón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of botón - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “botón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-T-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈt̪õn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bots” - see the side-by-side comparison. botón vs bots
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.