burette
/bjʊˈɹɛt/noun
burette is spelled B-U-R-E-T-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, burette means “A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of burette is burettes.
How many letters and syllables are in burette?
| Letters | 7: B-U-R-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is burette?
Burette appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 burette?
- UK /bjʊəˈɹɛt/
- US /bjʊˈɹɛt/
Burette has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-burette.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-burette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with burette?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as burette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of burette
- burettes plural
- buret
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does burette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.
- 2
An altar cruet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Burette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc:
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 burette come from?
Borrowed from French burette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).