burger
/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/noun
burger is spelled B-U-R-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, burger means “A hamburger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of burger is burgers.
How many letters and syllables are in burger?
| Letters | 6: B-U-R-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is burger?
Burger appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 burger?
- UK /ˈbɜːɡə/
- British /ˈbəːɡə/
- US /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/
Burger has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-burger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with burger
Sounds like: burgher (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: burgher.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of burger
- burgers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does burger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA hamburger.
- 2
A similar sandwich or patty.
She was planning to have a burger for dinner.
- 3
AustraliaIndiaIrelandUKAny sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
- 4
derogatoryslangA stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- 5
derogatoryAn American.
- 6
Alternative form of burgher.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
- 2
A white wine grape of French origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate burger?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of burger: burg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Burger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense informal: hamburger:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | burger |
| German | Hamburger, Burger |
| Portuguese | búrguer, xis |
| Spanish | búrguer, burger, burguer |
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.