# burgh

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌɹə/ · frequency rank #34,413

## Definitions
1. a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
2. a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).

## Etymology
From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”).
Cognate with Dutch burg, French bourg, German Burg, Persian برج (borj, “tower; battlement, fort”), Swedish borg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and Bury.

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

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburgh`, `brugh`, `bugrh`, `burggh`, `burghh`, `burhg`, `burrgh`, `ubrgh`

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