sideburn
noun
sideburn is spelled S-I-D-E-B-U-R-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sideburn means “The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sideburn is sideburns.
How many letters and syllables are in sideburn?
| Letters | 8: S-I-D-E-B-U-R-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sideburn?
Sideburn appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
What rhymes with sideburn?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sideburn.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: burnside.
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 sideburn
- sideburns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sideburn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKThe unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.
- 2
singular of sideburns
His left sideburn was longer than the other one.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sideburn come from?
From side + burn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).