butilo

[buˈt̪ilo]

/[buˈt̪ilo]/ noun

The verdict

“butilo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - un grupo de cuatro carbonos radical alquilo o sustituyente con fórmula química general-C4H9, derivado de uno de los dos isómeros de butano.

Corpus desk

Index ES-butilo · butilo · Spanish

butilo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for butilo
PropertyValue
Headwordbutilo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[buˈt̪ilo]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “butilo” sits in Spanish frequency

butilo falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

butilo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [buˈt̪ilo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "un grupo de cuatro carbonos radical alquilo o sustituyente con fórmula química general-C4H9, derivado de uno de los dos isómeros de butano.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for butilo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is butilo, spelled B-U-T-I-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    un grupo de cuatro carbonos radical alquilo o sustituyente con fórmula química general-C4H9, derivado de uno de los dos isómeros de butano.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "butilo"?
"butilo" is spelled B-U-T-I-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [buˈt̪ilo].
What does "butilo" mean?
As a noun, "butilo" means: un grupo de cuatro carbonos radical alquilo o sustituyente con fórmula química general-C4H9, derivado de uno de los dos isómeros de butano.
How do you pronounce "butilo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "butilo" is [buˈt̪ilo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "butilo" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list