buter

\by.te\

/\by.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“buter” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,581
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Achopper, heurter un corps que l’on trouve saillant sur son chemin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buter · buter · French

buter · rank #15,581 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,581
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH burn

Nearest frequency peer: burn (-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 « buter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « buter » 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).

buter vs buts
60% similar
buter vs Butt
40% similar
buter vs butin
60% similar

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

Key facts for buter
PropertyValue
Headwordbuter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\by.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,581
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).buterse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « burn » (#15,580), « cachait » (#15,582), « brancher » (#15,579). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buter » est au #15,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around buter (IPA \by.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,581 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for buter, with forms such as "bbuter", "btuer", and "buetr". 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, "buts", "Butt", "butin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is buter, spelled B-U-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Achopper, heurter un corps que l’on trouve saillant sur son chemin.
  2. 2
    Appuyer contre quelque chose qui arrête.
  3. 3
    Soutenir (un mur, une voûte…) par le moyen d’un pilier-boutant, d’un arc-boutant, pour l’empêcher de s’écarter.
  4. 4
    Pousser (quelqu’un) à une résolution où il se fixe, s’arrête.
  5. 5
    Tuer.
  6. 6
    Se fixer, se tenir à quelque chose avec obstination.
  7. 7
    Scorer, marquer un but.
  8. 8
    Variante orthographique de butter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et il fuit, il fuit toujours, et il bute contre les pierres, contre les mottes de terre, contre les touffes d’herbe, poursuivi sans cesse par les cris de mort.
  2. – Quand une roue bute, ça vous foutrait par terre comme rien, ces machins-là.

This word in other languages

bump off(English)tropezar(Español)matar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuter
  • btuer
  • buetr
  • buterr
  • butre
  • ubter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbuter1btuer2buetr2buterr1butre2ubter2
Edit distance from "buter"

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 "buter"?
"buter" is spelled B-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \by.te\.
What does "buter" mean?
As a verb, "buter" means: Achopper, heurter un corps que l’on trouve saillant sur son chemin.
What words are commonly confused with "buter"?
"buter" is commonly confused with "buts", "Butt", "butin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buter" is \by.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buter" come from?
"buter" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alpin#15,560again#15,557dunes#15,609water#15,539

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

trier6 variantshaies6 variantstaré6 variantshunt6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list