bouton

/\bu.tɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,405

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bouton is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite pièce de diverses matières, ordinairement ronde ou plate, quelquefois bombée ou en boule, qui sert généralement à retenir ensemble différentes parties d’un vêtement et que l’on passe, à cet ... Pronounced \bu.tɔ̃\. It ranks #4,405 in French word frequency. Often confused with bouts and butin.

Key facts for bouton
PropertyValue
Headwordbouton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.tɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,405
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bouton in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bouton is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.tɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,405 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bouton, with forms such as "bbouton", "botuon", and "bouotn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bouts", "butin", "breton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bouton, spelled B-O-U-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite pièce de diverses matières, ordinairement ronde ou plate, quelquefois bombée ou en boule, qui sert généralement à retenir ensemble différentes parties d’un vêtement et que l’on passe, à cet effet, dans les fentes appelées boutonnières, dans les ganses ou dans les brides.
  2. 2
    Petit corps arrondi ou allongé qui poussent sur les arbres et les arbustes et d’où naissent les branches, les feuilles ou les fleurs.
  3. 3
    Fleur qui n’est pas encore épanouie.
  4. 4
    Ornement décoratif sculpté figurant une fleur qui n’est pas éclose.
  5. 5
    Petites tumeurs arrondies qui se forment sur la peau, soit au visage, soit en diverses parties du corps.
  6. 6
    Insigne qui est une marque de la profession qu’on exerce ou de la dignité dont on est revêtu.
  7. 7
    Petite pièce de métal qui garnit l’extrémité d’un fleuret pour le rendre inoffensif.
  8. 8
    Partie saillante et arrondie à l’aide de laquelle on pousse et on tire le pêne d’une serrure ou un verrou.
  9. 9
    Pièce de fer ou de cuivre, qui est ordinairement de forme ronde ou ovale et qui sert à tirer à soi une porte ou à l’ouvrir.
  10. 10
    Petit anneau de cuir qui coule le long des rênes et qui sert à les resserrer.
  11. 11
    Petite portion d’or ou d’argent qui reste après la coupellation.
  12. 12
    Petit organe de commande d’un appareil, surtout bouton-poussoir.
  13. 13
    Commande manuelle d’un interrupteur, d’un potentiomètre, etc.
  14. 14
    Zones d’interface, icônes numériques d’un écran, d’un site ou d’un programme qui permet d’interagir avec ces derniers.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbouton,botuon,bouotn,boutno,boutonn,boutton,buoton,obuton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bouton

Misspelling Variants of "bouton"

bbouton7botuon6bouotn6boutno6boutonn7boutton7buoton6obuton6
Misspelling Variants of "bouton"

Frequency rank: #4,405 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bouton"?
"bouton" is spelled B-O-U-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.tɔ̃\.
What does "bouton" mean?
As a noun, "bouton" means: Petite pièce de diverses matières, ordinairement ronde ou plate, quelquefois bombée ou en boule, qui sert généralement à retenir ensemble différentes parties d’un vêtement et que l’on passe, à cet ...
What words are commonly confused with "bouton"?
"bouton" is commonly confused with "bouts", "butin", "breton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouton" is \bu.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouton" come from?
"bouton" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.