butte

\byt\

/\byt\/ noun

The verdict

“butte” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,975 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,975
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - morro

Corpus desk

Index PT-butte · butte · Portuguese

butte · rank #76,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,975
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bundona

Nearest frequency peer: bundona (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “butte”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “butte” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for butte
PropertyValue
Headwordbutte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA\byt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,975
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “butte” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).buttecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bundona” (#76,973), “brigão” (#76,968), “borralho” (#76,965). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “butte” fica em #76,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

butte is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,975 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \byt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "morro".

Zero misspellings are on record for butte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is butte, spelled B-U-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    morro

Synonyms

bossebuttereaucollineélévationhauteurmontmottetertre

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 "butte"?
"butte" is spelled B-U-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \byt\.
What does "butte" mean?
As a noun, "butte" means: morro
How do you pronounce "butte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "butte" is \byt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "butte" come from?
"butte" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list