# burial

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɛɹɪəl/ · frequency rank #8,251

## Definitions
1. The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

## Etymology
From Middle English beriel, a backformation from Old English byrġels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

## Easily confused with
- **Burma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burial-vs-burma)
- **bursa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burial-vs-bursa)
- **burka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burial-vs-burka)
- **burqa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burial-vs-burqa)
- **buried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burial-vs-buried)
- **burlap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burial-vs-burlap)
- **Brian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brian-vs-burial)
- **brill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brill-vs-burial)
- **briar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briar-vs-burial)
- **bureau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bureau-vs-burial)
- **bridal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridal-vs-burial)
- **boreal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boreal-vs-burial)
- **Bernal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bernal-vs-burial)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburial`, `bruial`, `buiral`, `burail`, `buriall`, `burila`, `burrial`, `ubrial`

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