Burga
[ˈbuɾɣ̞a]
The verdict
“Burga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,751 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,751
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-burga · Burga · Spanish
Burga · rank #81,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,751
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,339
- PHOTO-FINISH built
Nearest frequency peer: built (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Burga”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- brújulas
brújulas
18,255 corpus weight
- built
built
18,251 corpus weight
- Burga
Burga
18,250 corpus weight
- burgalesa
burgalesa
18,249 corpus weight
- cabalgamos
cabalgamos
18,247 corpus weight
- cachimba
cachimba
18,246 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Burga” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuɾɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Burga” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Burga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,751 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbuɾɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Burga, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Burga, spelled B-U-R-G-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.