# heartburn

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɑːtˌbɜːn/ · frequency rank #34,101

## Definitions
1. A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
2. annoyance, heartache, or similar feelings.

## Etymology
From Middle English hertbryne, herte-bren (“lust", also "heartburn”, literally “heart burn”), equivalent to heart + burn. Compare also Middle English herte-brennyng (“anger, bitterness, heartburn”, literally “burning of/in the heart, heart-burning”). Compare also Ancient Greek καρδιαλγία (kardialgía), from καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). From being a burning sensation near the location of the heart in the chest.

## Common misspellings (14)
`ehartburn`, `haertburn`, `hearbturn`, `hearrtburn`, `heartbburn`, `heartbrun`, `heartbunr`, `heartburnn`, `heartburrn`, `hearttburn`, `heartubrn`, `heatrburn`, `heratburn`, `hheartburn`

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