# burns

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɜːnz/ · frequency rank #4,742

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of burn

## Easily confused with
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-bus)
- **buys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-buys)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-bury)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burr)
- **buss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-buss)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burp)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burst)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burnt)
- **butts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-butts)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-byrne)
- **busts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-busts)
- **bursa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-bursa)
- **burqa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-burqa)
- **Byrnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-byrnes)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-burns)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bur-vs-burns)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/born-vs-burns)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burn-vs-burns)
- **bars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bars-vs-burns)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburns`, `bruns`, `bunrs`, `burnns`, `burnss`, `burrns`, `bursn`, `ubrns`

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