butor
\by.tɔʁ\
The verdict
“butor” is uncommon French (frequency #53,830 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,830
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau proche du héron qui vit dans les marécages, de la famille des ardéidés, en particulier le butor étoilé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-butor · butor · French
butor · rank #53,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,830
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH busta
Nearest frequency peer: busta (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « butor »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- built
built
46,174 corpus weight
- Buren
Buren
46,173 corpus weight
- busta
busta
46,172 corpus weight
- butor
butor
46,171 corpus weight
- Cabourg
Cabourg
46,168 corpus weight
- cada
cada
46,167 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « butor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | butor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \by.tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « butor » en français
Rare enough to double-check
butor is uncommon French at frequency #53,830 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \by.tɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for butor in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is butor, spelled B-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Oiseau proche du héron qui vit dans les marécages, de la famille des ardéidés, en particulier le butor étoilé.
- 2Individu mal élevé, grossier, brutal et stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how butor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un chapelet de petits étangs brillait entre le promeneur et la forêt, et des butors s'y disputaient aigrement.
Mais ni le lendemain, ni le surlendemain, je ne revis le butor et je décidai de l’abandonner à la solitude des Relongues.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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