Which to use
“botão” and “Butão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,293
- “botão” frequency rank
- #19,076
- “Butão” frequency rank
- 23369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | botão | Butão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dispositivo encontrado em máquinas usado - pressionando - para mudar o estado da máquina, começar ou parar um processo | Reino do Butão: pequeno reino sem contato com o mar; faz fronteira com a China, a norte, e com a Índia, a sul |
Letter map: botão vs Butão
Shared letters muted; letters that set botão and Butão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. botão and Butão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on botão vs Butão
botão and Butão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - o in “botão” becomes u in “Butão”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
botão is recorded at frequency rank #4,293, classified as anoun, pronounced /bu.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. Butão is at rank #19,076, tagged as anoun.
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 23369, this pair ranks #46,461 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of botão vs Butão
Shared letters: botã. Private to "botão": -. Private to "Butão": u.
"botão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "Butão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "botão" for "Butão" ever safe?
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What to do next
Pair "botão" vs "Butão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "botão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Butão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,461 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "botão" and "Butão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bulbo vs Butão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,461 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.