# burqa vs Burt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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).

### Burt
*name · IPA /bɜːt/ · frequency rank #16,425*
A male given name.

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