burra
/ˈbʌɹə/
"burra" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“burra” is uncommon English (frequency #88,161 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,161
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
Corpus desk
Index EN-burra · burra · English
burra · rank #88,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,161
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bula
Nearest frequency peer: Bula (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “burra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- brucellosis
brucellosis
11,847 corpus weight
- BTK
BTK
11,845 corpus weight
- Bula
Bula
11,841 corpus weight
- burra
burra
11,840 corpus weight
- busyness
busyness
11,838 corpus weight
- Cagle
Cagle
11,833 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “burra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbʌɹə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “burra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
burra is uncommon English at frequency #88,161 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbʌɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.".
Zero misspellings are on record for burra in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”). The correct English form is burra, spelled B-U-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how burra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The most burra of burra sahibs resided in spacious, columned villas within the exclusive enclave of Alipore.
Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter. “Spicy like my Maharanee. A burra meal, fit for a prince of India!”
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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