# bourbon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/ · frequency rank #12,924

## Definitions
1. A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels.
2. A serving of bourbon whiskey.
3. A Bourbon biscuit.

## Etymology
From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo.

## Easily confused with
- **Burton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bourbon-vs-burton)
- **boron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boron-vs-bourbon)
- **Boulton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boulton-vs-bourbon)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbourbon`, `borubon`, `boubron`, `bourbbon`, `bourbno`, `bourbonn`, `bourobn`, `bourrbon`, `buorbon`, `oburbon`

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