Butão

noun

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The verdict

“Butão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,076
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reino do Butão: pequeno reino sem contato com o mar; faz fronteira com a China, a norte, e com a Índia, a sul

Corpus desk

Index PT-butao · Butão · Portuguese

Butão · rank #19,076 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,076
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH charge

Nearest frequency peer: charge (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Butão”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Butão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

Butão vs butch
40% similar
Butão vs button
50% similar
Butão vs but
40% similar

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

Key facts for Butão
PropertyValue
HeadwordButão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,076
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Butão”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).Butãocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “charge” (#19,078), “Berg” (#19,072), “behind” (#19,071). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “Butão” fica em #19,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Butão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,076 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Reino do Butão: pequeno reino sem contato com o mar; faz fronteira com a China, a norte, e com a Índia, a sul".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Butão, with forms such as "bbutão", "btuão", and "butoã". 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, "butch", "button", "but", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Butão, spelled B-U-T-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reino do Butão: pequeno reino sem contato com o mar; faz fronteira com a China, a norte, e com a Índia, a sul

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O Butão ainda não lembra uma democracia, especialmente se comparado com outros países da região.

This word in other languages

Bhutan(English)Bután(Español)Bhoutan(Français)Bhutan(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbutão
  • btuão
  • butoã
  • buttão
  • buãto
  • ubtão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbutão1btuão2butoã2buttão1buãto2ubtão2
Edit distance from "Butão"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Butão"?
"Butão" is spelled B-U-T-Ã-O.
What does "Butão" mean?
As a noun, "Butão" means: Reino do Butão: pequeno reino sem contato com o mar; faz fronteira com a China, a norte, e com a Índia, a sul
What words are commonly confused with "Butão"?
"Butão" is commonly confused with "butch", "button", "but". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Butão" come from?
"Butão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

baita#19,067aspas#19,062arcar#19,058ain't#19,041

Similar misspelling depth

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

Berg6 variantsnegão6 variantsship6 variantsfish6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list