Burren
"burren" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Burren” is uncommon English (frequency #99,064 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,064
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large area of northern County Clare in western Ireland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-burren · Burren · English
Burren · rank #99,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,064
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Burundian
Nearest frequency peer: Burundian (+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 “Burren”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brigadoon
Brigadoon
944 corpus weight
- Burren
Burren
937 corpus weight
- Burundian
Burundian
936 corpus weight
- calamine
calamine
933 corpus weight
- Calderdale
Calderdale
932 corpus weight
- calve
calve
931 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Burren” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burren |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Burren” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Burren is uncommon English at frequency #99,064 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large area of northern County Clare in western Ireland.".
Burren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Irish boireann (“rock, karst”). The correct English form is Burren, spelled B-U-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1A large area of northern County Clare in western Ireland.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish boireann (“rock, karst”).
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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