# burger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɜː.(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #6,339

## Definitions
1. A hamburger.
2. A similar sandwich or patty.
3. Any 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. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
5. An American.

## Etymology
Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

## Easily confused with
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burr)
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-buyer)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burke)
- **burgh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burgh)
- **buried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-buried)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-butter)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burned)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-butler)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burner)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-buster)
- **buzzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-buzzer)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-busier)
- **burley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burley)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burnet)
- **Burgos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burgos)
- **Burney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burney)
- **burgess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burgess)
- **burglar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burglar)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burg-vs-burger)
- **barge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barge-vs-burger)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bburger`, `bruger`, `bugrer`, `buregr`, `burgerr`, `burgger`, `burgre`, `burrger`, `ubrger`

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