Burgundian
/bɜːˈɡʌndɪən/
"burgundian" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Burgundian” is uncommon English (frequency #72,156 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,156
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A native or inhabitant of Burgundy, or a person descended from natives of Burgundy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-burgundian · Burgundian · English
Burgundian · rank #72,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,156
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Burhan
Nearest frequency peer: Burhan (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Burgundian”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brechin
Brechin
27,850 corpus weight
- breezed
breezed
27,849 corpus weight
- Burgundian
Burgundian
27,845 corpus weight
- Burhan
Burhan
27,844 corpus weight
- bycatch
bycatch
27,842 corpus weight
- byway
byway
27,841 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Burgundian” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burgundian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɜːˈɡʌndɪən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Burgundian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Burgundian is uncommon English at frequency #72,156 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɜːˈɡʌndɪən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Burgundian in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Burgundy + -an. Compare Old English Burgendan (“Burgundians”). The correct English form is Burgundian, spelled B-U-R-G-U-N-D-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1A native or inhabitant of Burgundy, or a person descended from natives of Burgundy.
- 2A member or descendant of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.
Etymology
From Burgundy + -an. Compare Old English Burgendan (“Burgundians”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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