# bur vs by

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bur
*noun · IPA /bɝ/ · frequency rank #39,230*
A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.

### by
*preposition · IPA /baɪ/ · frequency rank #24*
Near or next to.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bur-vs-by