# buried vs Burney

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### buried
*adjective · IPA /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ · frequency rank #3,604*
Placed in a grave at a burial.

### Burney
*name · frequency rank #49,808*
A surname from Anglo-Norman.

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