botton
\bɔ.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“botton” is uncommon French (frequency #90,480 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,480
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chausson de bébé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-botton · botton · French
botton · rank #90,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,480
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bordait
Nearest frequency peer: bordait (-3 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « botton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bonasse
bonasse
9,525 corpus weight
- bordait
bordait
9,524 corpus weight
- botton
botton
9,521 corpus weight
- Brachet
Brachet
9,518 corpus weight
- Brains
Brains
9,517 corpus weight
- brasero
brasero
9,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « botton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « botton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
botton is uncommon French at frequency #90,480 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chausson de bébé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for botton, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is botton, spelled B-O-T-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Chausson de bébé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how botton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour la fierté de les montrer aux copines, la belle robe, et les bottons en tricot, et elle pleure !
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.
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