# Burch

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɜːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #31,890

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Marsh Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
4. Former name of Delbarton: a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English birche (“birch”), from Old English bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.

## Easily confused with
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burn)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-bush)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-bury)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burr)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burg)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burp)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burns)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burst)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burnt)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burke)
- **Burma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burma)
- **butch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-butch)
- **Busch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-busch)
- **burgh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burgh)
- **burly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burly)
- **bursa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-bursa)
- **burka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burka)
- **burqa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burch-vs-burqa)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bur-vs-burch)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburch`, `bruch`, `bucrh`, `burcch`, `burchh`, `burhc`, `burrch`, `ubrch`

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