Burgund

[bʊʁˈɡʊnt]

/[bʊʁˈɡʊnt]/ name

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The verdict

“Burgund” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,487
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region im Zentrum Frankreichs

Corpus desk

Index DE-burgund · Burgund · German

Burgund · rank #25,487 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,487
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bulls

Nearest frequency peer: bulls (-1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Burgund“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Burgund“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Burgund vs Burgunder
78% similar
Burgund vs Bürgen
57% similar
Burgund vs Bergung
71% similar

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

Key facts for Burgund
PropertyValue
HeadwordBurgund
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[bʊʁˈɡʊnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,487
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Burgund“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Burgundliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bulls“ (#25,486), „C3“ (#25,488), „Buchführung“ (#25,485). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Burgund“ bei #25,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Burgund (IPA [bʊʁˈɡʊnt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,487 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Region im Zentrum Frankreichs".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Burgund, with forms such as "bburgund", "brugund", and "bugrund". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Burgunder", "Bürgen", "Bergung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Burgund, spelled B-U-R-G-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Region im Zentrum Frankreichs

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Regionalhauptstadt von Burgund ist Dijon.
  2. „Die Ritter Burgunds und Frankreichs ritten einer kleinen Anhöhe entgegen, und die Anführer brachten ihre Pferde am höchsten Punkt zum Stehen.“

This word in other languages

Burgundy(English)Borgoña(Español)Bourgogne(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bburgund
  • brugund
  • bugrund
  • burggund
  • burgnud
  • burgudn
  • burgundd
  • burgunnd
  • burrgund
  • burugnd
  • ubrgund

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Burgund - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bburgund1brugund2bugrund2burggund1burgnud2burgudn2burgundd1burgunnd1
Edit distance from "Burgund"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Burgund"?
"Burgund" is spelled B-U-R-G-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bʊʁˈɡʊnt].
What does "Burgund" mean?
As a proper noun, "Burgund" means: Region im Zentrum Frankreichs
What words are commonly confused with "Burgund"?
"Burgund" is commonly confused with "Burgunder", "Bürgen", "Bergung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Burgund"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Burgund" is [bʊʁˈɡʊnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Burgund" come from?
"Burgund" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list