# burnt

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɜːnt/ · frequency rank #6,765

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of burn

## Etymology
From burn + -t.

## Easily confused with
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-but)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-butt)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-bust)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-bury)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-burr)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-burp)
- **burst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-burst)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-byrne)
- **bursa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-bursa)
- **burqa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-burqa)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-burnt)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bur-vs-burnt)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/born-vs-burnt)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burn-vs-burnt)
- **barn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barn-vs-burnt)
- **bent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bent-vs-burnt)
- **Bart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bart-vs-burnt)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brit-vs-burnt)
- **Bert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bert-vs-burnt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bburnt`, `bunrt`, `burnnt`, `burntt`, `burrnt`, `burtn`, `ubrnt`

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