# hamburger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ · frequency rank #16,040

## Definitions
1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
2. The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
5. Ellipsis of hamburger button.
6. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

## Etymology
Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **Hamburg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamburg-vs-hamburger)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ahmburger`, `habmurger`, `hambburger`, `hambruger`, `hambugrer`, `hamburegr`, `hamburgerr`, `hamburgger`, `hamburgre`, `hamburrger`, `hammburger`, `hamubrger`, `hhamburger`, `hmaburger`

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