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burp

/bɝp/noun, verb

burp is spelled B-U-R-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, burp means “A belch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of burp is burps.

How many letters and syllables are in burp?

Letters4: B-U-R-P
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is burp?

Burp appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce burp?

  • UK /bɜːp/
  • US /bɝp/

Burp has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-burp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with burp?

7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as burp from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹp/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of burp

  • burps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • burping participle, present
  • burped participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does burp mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    CanadaUSA belch.

    Lennon let out a burp after downing the beer.

verb

  1. 1

    To emit a burp.

    Burping is considered impolite in most western cultures.

  2. 2

    To utter by burping

    Stevie intends to burp the alphabet at the school talent show.

  3. 3

    To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.

  4. 4

    To open (a container of fermenting substance) to allow the release of accumulated gas.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Burp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrot, renvoi, éructation (a softer belch), roter, faire un rot, éructer (to emit a burp)
GermanRülpser, Bäuerchen (a softer belch), rülpsen (to emit a burp)
Portuguesearroto (a softer belch), arrotar (to emit a burp)
Spanisheructo, regüeldo (a softer belch), eructar, regoldar, rutar (to emit a burp)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does burp come from?

Originally from American English, of imitative origin.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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