burbot
/ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/noun
burbot is spelled B-U-R-B-O-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, burbot means “A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of burbot is burbots.
How many letters and syllables are in burbot?
| Letters | 6: B-U-R-B-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is burbot?
Burbot appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce burbot?
- /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-burbot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of burbot
- burbots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does burbot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Burbot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a freshwater fish: Lota lota:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does burbot come from?
Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).