# Burma

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɝmə/ · frequency rank #13,474

## Definitions
1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.

## Etymology
Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more. Like in the word Myanmar, the r was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), it is a vowel-lengthening device used by non-rhotic (British) dialects; compare gorm.

## Easily confused with
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burn)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-bury)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burr)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burp)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burns)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burst)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burnt)
- **bursa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-bursa)
- **busta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-busta)
- **burqa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burma-vs-burqa)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bra-vs-burma)
- **bum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bum-vs-burma)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bur-vs-burma)
- **bump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bump-vs-burma)
- **Bums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bums-vs-burma)
- **Bama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bama-vs-burma)
- **bora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bora-vs-burma)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burg-vs-burma)
- **Brea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brea-vs-burma)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bburma`, `bruma`, `bumra`, `buram`, `burmma`, `burrma`, `ubrma`

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