# burley

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɜː(ɹ)li/ · frequency rank #34,811

## Definitions
1. A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.
2. Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish.

## Etymology
Unknown. Compare the personal name Burley.

## Easily confused with
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-bury)
- **burly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-burly)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-burned)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-butler)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-burner)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-burnet)
- **Burney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-burney)
- **Burnley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burley-vs-burnley)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bully-vs-burley)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burke-vs-burley)
- **bulky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-burley)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-burley)
- **buried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buried-vs-burley)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bullet-vs-burley)
- **burden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burden-vs-burley)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burger-vs-burley)
- **bailey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bailey-vs-burley)
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barney-vs-burley)
- **barley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barley-vs-burley)
- **Bagley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bagley-vs-burley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bburley`, `bruley`, `bulrey`, `burely`, `burleyy`, `burlley`, `burlye`, `burrley`, `ubrley`

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