bursty
adjective
bursty is spelled B-U-R-S-T-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bursty means “Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bursty?
| Letters | 6: B-U-R-S-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bursty?
Bursty appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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 bursty?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bursty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bursty
- burstier comparative
- burstiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bursty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information
The router needs to handle bursty traffic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bursty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense occurring in abrupt bursts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | stoßartig |
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 bursty come from?
From burst + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).