butaca

[buˈt̪aka]

/[buˈt̪aka]/ noun

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The verdict

“butaca” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,466. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,466
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asiento cómodo y acolchado con respaldo y, generalmente, apoyabrazos, destinado a una sola persona, que se encuentra comúnmente en teatros, cines, salas de espectáculos y algunos hogares.

Corpus desk

Index ES-butaca · butaca · Spanish

butaca · rank #34,466 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,466
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brighton

Nearest frequency peer: Brighton (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “butaca”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “butaca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

butaca vs Bután
33% similar
butaca vs butacas
86% similar
butaca vs baca
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for butaca
PropertyValue
Headwordbutaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[buˈt̪aka]
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,466
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “butaca”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).butacacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Brighton” (#34,465), “Bután” (#34,467), “boreal” (#34,464). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “butaca” va en #34,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around butaca (IPA [buˈt̪aka]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,466 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for butaca, with forms such as "bbutaca", "btuaca", and "buatca". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Bután", "butacas", "baca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is butaca, spelled B-U-T-A-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Asiento cómodo y acolchado con respaldo y, generalmente, apoyabrazos, destinado a una sola persona, que se encuentra comúnmente en teatros, cines, salas de espectáculos y algunos hogares.
  2. 2
    Localidad reservada en un recinto de espectáculos, correspondiente a dicho tipo de asiento, ofreciendo una vista adecuada y comodidad para el espectador.

Synonyms

sillón

This word in other languages

armchair(English)fauteuil(Français)Lehnstuhl(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbutaca
  • btuaca
  • buatca
  • butaac
  • butacca
  • butcaa
  • buttaca
  • ubtaca
  • vutaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of butaca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbutaca1btuaca2buatca2butaac2butacca1butcaa2buttaca1ubtaca2
Edit distance from "butaca"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "butaca"?
"butaca" is spelled B-U-T-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [buˈt̪aka].
What does "butaca" mean?
As a noun, "butaca" means: Asiento cómodo y acolchado con respaldo y, generalmente, apoyabrazos, destinado a una sola persona, que se encuentra comúnmente en teatros, cines, salas de espectáculos y algunos hogares.
What words are commonly confused with "butaca"?
"butaca" is commonly confused with "Bután", "butacas", "baca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "butaca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "butaca" is [buˈt̪aka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "butaca" come from?
"butaca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "butaca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boreal#34,464chozas#34,492alcoba#34,430acecha#34,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

cigüeña9 variantsaleluya9 variantsahogada9 variantsagudeza9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list