butin

\by.tɛ̃\

/\by.tɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“butin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,732
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce que l’on prend sur les ennemis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-butin · butin · French

butin · rank #12,732 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,732
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buenos

Nearest frequency peer: buenos (-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 « butin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « butin » 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).

butin vs buts
60% similar
butin vs Butt
40% similar
butin vs button
67% similar

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

Key facts for butin
PropertyValue
Headwordbutin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\by.tɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,732
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « butin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).butinse 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 « buenos » (#12,731), « calcule » (#12,733), « brisée » (#12,730). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « butin » est au #12,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around butin (IPA \by.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,732 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for butin, with forms such as "bbutin", "btuin", and "buitn". 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", "button", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is butin, spelled B-U-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce que l’on prend sur les ennemis.
  2. 2
    Ce qu'un malfaiteur prend à ses victimes.
  3. 3
    Ce qu’on obtient par de laborieuses recherches, récolte.
  4. 4
    Ce qui est récolté par un insecte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Torquilstone est à nous ; songez à l’honneur, songez au butin ; encore un effort et la place est à nous !
  2. Le général, accoutumé par les événements de la guerre à des idées assez larges en fait de butin, accepta les présents offerts par sa fille.

Synonyms

picoréeprise de guerreloot

This word in other languages

loot(English)adquisición(Español)Beute(Deutsch)presa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbutin
  • btuin
  • buitn
  • butinn
  • butni
  • buttin
  • ubtin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of butin - 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.

bbutin1btuin2buitn2butinn1butni2buttin1ubtin2
Edit distance from "butin"

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 "butin"?
"butin" is spelled B-U-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \by.tɛ̃\.
What does "butin" mean?
As a noun, "butin" means: Ce que l’on prend sur les ennemis.
What words are commonly confused with "butin"?
"butin" is commonly confused with "buts", "Butt", "button". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "butin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "butin" is \by.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "butin" come from?
"butin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Carol#12,736berry#12,726Arras#12,718drake#12,768

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

cassée7 variantswallon7 variantstuerie7 variantsEdgar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list