# burnt vs Byrne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### burnt
*verb · IPA /bɜːnt/ · frequency rank #6,765*
simple past and past participle of burn

### Byrne
*name · frequency rank #15,356*
A surname from Irish.

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