butène
\by.tɛn\
The verdict
“butène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gaz incolore et inodore, deux fois plus lourd que l’air, soluble dans les solvants organiques polaires (hydrocarbures).
Corpus desk
Index FR-butene · butène · French
butène · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | butène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \by.tɛn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
butène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \by.tɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaz incolore et inodore, deux fois plus lourd que l’air, soluble dans les solvants organiques polaires (hydrocarbures).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for butène, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is butène, spelled B-U-T-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Gaz incolore et inodore, deux fois plus lourd que l’air, soluble dans les solvants organiques polaires (hydrocarbures).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how butène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La synthèse des heptènes, produits de base pour la fabrication des octanols, est réalisable par addition d’une mole de propylène à une mole de butène.
Une autre méthode de déshydrogénation oxydante des hydrocarbures C4 en butadiène a pris de l’importance : ici, l’équilibre entre butènes et butadiène est déplacé vers celui-ci par introduction d’oxygène.
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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.