# burnet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɜːnɪt/ · frequency rank #44,662

## Definitions
1. Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
2. Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.

## Etymology
From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette.

## Easily confused with
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burt)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burns)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burst)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burnt)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-byrne)
- **Byrnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-byrnes)
- **Burney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burney)
- **Burnley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burnley)
- **Burnett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burnett)
- **burnout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burnout)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burn-vs-burnet)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burnet)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burke-vs-burnet)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-burnet)
- **beret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beret-vs-burnet)
- **Berne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berne-vs-burnet)
- **budget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budget-vs-burnet)
- **buried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buried-vs-burnet)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burned-vs-burnet)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bullet-vs-burnet)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburnet`, `brunet`, `bunret`, `burent`, `burnnet`, `burnte`, `burrnet`, `ubrnet`

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