Butter

\ˈbʊ.tɛr\

/\ˈbʊ.tɛr\/ noun

The verdict

“Butter” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,182
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beurre (aliment).

Corpus desk

Index FR-butter · Butter · French

Butter · rank #38,182 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,182
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH burgos

Nearest frequency peer: burgos (-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 « Butter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Butter » 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).

Butter vs button
50% similar
Butter vs buttes
67% similar
Butter vs buzzer
50% similar

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

Key facts for Butter
PropertyValue
HeadwordButter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈbʊ.tɛr\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,182
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Butter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Butterse 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 « burgos » (#38,181), « buvette » (#38,183), « buanderie » (#38,180). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Butter » est au #38,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Butter (IPA \ˈbʊ.tɛr\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,182 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Beurre (aliment).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Butter, with forms such as "bbutter", "btuter", and "butetr". 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, "button", "buttes", "buzzer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Butter, spelled B-U-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beurre (aliment).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. (...) ich liebe Rührei, am liebsten mit salziger Butter auf getoastetem Graubrot und viel Schnittlauch obendrauf.
  2. In einem separaten Topf Butter schmelzen, Mehl hinzufügen und anschwitzen. Langsam und unter ständigem Rühren die Mehlschwitze mit dem Sud ablöschen und unter Rühren aufkochen lassen, bis die Soße bindet. (...) die Kapern samt Saft zur Soße geben und nach Belieben mit Salz und Pfeffer abschmecken.

Synonyms

Antonyms

MargarineSchmalzStreichkäse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbutter
  • btuter
  • butetr
  • butterr
  • buttre
  • ubtter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Butter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbutter1btuter2butetr2butterr1buttre2ubtter2
Edit distance from "Butter"

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 "Butter"?
"Butter" is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbʊ.tɛr\.
What does "Butter" mean?
As a noun, "Butter" means: Beurre (aliment).
What words are commonly confused with "Butter"?
"Butter" is commonly confused with "button", "buttes", "buzzer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Butter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Butter" is \ˈbʊ.tɛr\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Butter" come from?
"Butter" 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 "Butter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list