# Burnett

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #19,035

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old French.
2. A placename
3. A placename
4. A placename
5. A placename
6. A placename
7. A placename
8. A placename
9. A placename

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

## Easily confused with
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnett-vs-burnt)
- **Burney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnett-vs-burney)
- **burnout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnett-vs-burnout)
- **brett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brett-vs-burnett)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burned-vs-burnett)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burner-vs-burnett)
- **barnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnet-vs-burnett)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-burnett)
- **Bennett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bennett-vs-burnett)
- **Barrett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barrett-vs-burnett)
- **Buffett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffett-vs-burnett)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburnett`, `brunett`, `bunrett`, `burentt`, `burnnett`, `burntet`, `burrnett`, `ubrnett`

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