# burrito

> English word · Noun · IPA /bəˈɹiː.təʊ/ · frequency rank #20,577

## Definitions
1. A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). The food is so called because of its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche.

## Easily confused with
- **barrio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barrio-vs-burrito)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bburrito`, `brurito`, `burirto`, `burito`, `burriot`, `burritto`, `burrtio`, `ubrrito`

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