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“Butt” and “buttes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,624
- “Butt” frequency rank
- #35,412
- “buttes” frequency rank
- 82036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Butt | buttes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Flet, fléteau Platichthys flesus | Pluriel de butte. |
Where the eye mixes Butt and buttes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Butt vs buttes
A purely visual mix-up. Butt (\bʊt\) and buttes (\byt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Butt” sits inside “buttes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Butt is recorded at frequency rank #46,624, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʊt\. buttes is at rank #35,412, tagged as anoun, pronounced \byt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 82036, this pair ranks #17,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Butt vs buttes
Shared letters: btu. Private to "Butt": -. Private to "buttes": es.
"Butt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "buttes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Butt" for "buttes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Butt" vs "buttes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Butt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buttes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Butt" and "buttes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bury vs Butt". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #17,569 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.