burro
/ˈbʊɹoʊ/noun
burro is spelled B-U-R-R-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, burro means “A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of burro is burros.
How many letters and syllables are in burro?
| Letters | 5: B-U-R-R-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 burro?
Burro appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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 burro?
- US /ˈbʊɹoʊ/
- US /ˈbɝoʊ/
Burro has 2 syllables (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-burro.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with burro?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as burro from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹoʊ/):
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 burro
- burros plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does burro mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Burro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small donkey:
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 burro come from?
Borrowed from Spanish burro.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).