Burma

[ˈbʊʁmaː]

/[ˈbʊʁmaː]/ name

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The verdict

“Burma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,661
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Land in Südostasien

Corpus desk

Index DE-burma · Burma · German

Burma · rank #38,661 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,661
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bummeln

Nearest frequency peer: bummeln (-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 „Burma“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Burma“ 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).

Burma vs Büro
40% similar
Burma vs burn
40% similar
Burma vs burt
40% similar

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

Key facts for Burma
PropertyValue
HeadwordBurma
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbʊʁmaː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,661
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Burma“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Burmaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bummeln“ (#38,660), „Bürokraten“ (#38,662), „buddhistische“ (#38,659). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Burma“ bei #38,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Burma (IPA [ˈbʊʁmaː]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,661 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Land in Südostasien".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Burma, with forms such as "bburma", "bruma", and "bumra". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Büro", "burn", "burt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Burma, spelled B-U-R-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Land in Südostasien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 1948 wurde Burma in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen.
  2. „Die Versorgung mit Reis konnte nicht mehr gewährleistet werden, und erstmals seit der Erringung der Unabhängigkeit am 4. Januar 1948 sah sich das ehemals als ‚Reisschüssel Asiens‘ bekannte Burma gezwungen, das wichtigste Grundnahrungsmittel in größeren Mengen zu importieren.“

Synonyms

Myanmar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bburma
  • bruma
  • bumra
  • buram
  • burmma
  • burrma
  • ubrma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bburma1bruma2bumra2buram2burmma1burrma1ubrma2
Edit distance from "Burma"

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 "Burma"?
"Burma" is spelled B-U-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊʁmaː].
What does "Burma" mean?
As a proper noun, "Burma" means: ein Land in Südostasien
What words are commonly confused with "Burma"?
"Burma" is commonly confused with "Büro", "burn", "burt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Burma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Burma" is [ˈbʊʁmaː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Burma" come from?
"Burma" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cesar#38,667bolle#38,653curie#38,674banjo#38,621

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Bades7 variantsEinöde7 variantsFreya7 variantsalong7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list