boutonner
\bu.tɔ.ne\
The verdict
“boutonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser des boutons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boutonner · boutonner · French
boutonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boutonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.tɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boutonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boutonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for boutonner in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boutonner, spelled B-O-U-T-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pousser des boutons.
- 2Fixer au moyen d’un ou de plusieurs boutons.
- 3Cacher un défaut, un sentiment.
- 4Donner un coup de bouton de fleuret.
- 5Fermer ses vêtements au moyen des boutons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boutonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rosiers commencent à boutonner.
Son visage boutonne.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.