bargvsburtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: barg is a verb, burt is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“barg” is a verb and “burt” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,504
“barg” frequency rank
#40,452
“burt” frequency rank
86956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature barg burt
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bergen Steinbutte

Letter map: barg vs burt

Shared letters muted; letters that set barg and burt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. barg and burt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
barg
4 ch
burt

Role in the sentence - barg and burt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: barg is averb and burtanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

barg is recorded at frequency rank #46,504, classified as averb, pronounced [baʁk]. burt is at rank #40,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 86956, this pair ranks #86,683 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of barg vs burt

Shared letters: br. Private to "barg": ag. Private to "burt": tu.

"barg" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "burt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • barg ← abrg · bagr · bargg · barrg · bbarg · brag
  • burt ← bburt · burrt · burtt · butr · ubrt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "barg" and "burt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "barg" is a verb and "burt" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "barg" or "burt"?
"burt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,452 in our German list, against #46,504 for "barg". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "barg" and "burt". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "barg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "burt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,683 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "barg" and "burt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "barg vs Birk". 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 #86,683 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list