# Burt vs Burton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Burton
*name · IPA /ˈbɜː.tən/ · frequency rank #9,575*
An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.

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