# burgh vs burqa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### burgh
*noun · IPA /ˈbʌɹə/ · frequency rank #34,413*
a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).

### burqa
*noun · IPA /ˈbɜː.kə/ · frequency rank #48,107*
An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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