botter

\bɔ.te\

/\bɔ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“botter” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,579
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper à l’aide du pied.

Corpus desk

Index FR-botter · botter · French

botter · rank #33,579 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,579
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Botswana

Nearest frequency peer: Botswana (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « botter »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « botter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

botter vs boyer
67% similar
botter vs buter
67% similar
botter vs boxer
67% similar

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

Key facts for botter
PropertyValue
Headwordbotter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɔ.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,579
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « botter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.botterse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Botswana » (#33,578), « boude » (#33,580), « bos » (#33,577). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « botter » est au #33,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around botter (IPA \bɔ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,579 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for botter, with forms such as "bbotter", "boter", and "botetr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boyer", "buter", "boxer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is botter, spelled B-O-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frapper à l’aide du pied.
  2. 2
    Plaire, convenir.
  3. 3
    Pourvoir quelqu’un de bottes, soit en les lui fabriquant, soit en les lui vendant.
  4. 4
    Chausser quelqu’un de bottes.
  5. 5
    Amasser de la terre ou de la neige sous les semelles de ses chaussures ou sous ses skis.
  6. 6
    Faire l'amour à, copuler avec (en général une femme).
  7. 7
    Se chausser de bottes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how botter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Botter le ballon, le frapper le ballon d'un coup de pied énergique.
  2. Comme il a pris son billet d'avion au dernier moment, ça lui aura coûté un bras, voire les deux, et ça lui fera les pieds. Tu ne peux pas lui botter l'arrière-train, mais tu peux le botter au porte-monnaie.

This word in other languages

kick(English)patear(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbotter
  • boter
  • botetr
  • botterr
  • bottre
  • btoter
  • obtter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbotter1boter1botetr2botterr1bottre2btoter2obtter2
Edit distance from "botter"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "botter"?
"botter" is spelled B-O-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.te\.
What does "botter" mean?
As a verb, "botter" means: Frapper à l’aide du pied.
What words are commonly confused with "botter"?
"botter" is commonly confused with "boyer", "buter", "boxer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "botter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "botter" is \bɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "botter" come from?
"botter" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

brière#33,582bullet#33,586beaufs#33,567ballot#33,564

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Belin7 variantsArlon7 variantsargus7 variantsArgos7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list