Burgos

/[ˈbuɾɣ̞os]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,147

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Burgos is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad de España, capital de la provincia homónima. Pronounced [ˈbuɾɣ̞os]. It ranks #6,147 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with buró and burro.

Key facts for Burgos
PropertyValue
HeadwordBurgos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈbuɾɣ̞os]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,147
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Burgos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Burgos is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbuɾɣ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,147 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Burgos, with forms such as "bburgos", "brugos", and "bugros". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "buró", "burro", "buzos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Burgos, spelled B-U-R-G-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de España, capital de la provincia homónima.
  2. 2
    Provincia de España.
  3. 3
    Apellido.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bburgos,brugos,bugros,burggos,burgoss,burgso,burogs,burrgos,ubrgos,vurgos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Burgos

Misspelling Variants of "Burgos"

bburgos7brugos6bugros6burggos7burgoss7burgso6burogs6burrgos7
Misspelling Variants of "Burgos"

Frequency rank: #6,147 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Burgos"?
"Burgos" is spelled B-U-R-G-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuɾɣ̞os].
What does "Burgos" mean?
As a name, "Burgos" means: Ciudad de España, capital de la provincia homónima.
What words are commonly confused with "Burgos"?
"Burgos" is commonly confused with "buró", "burro", "buzos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Burgos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Burgos" is [ˈbuɾɣ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Burgos" come from?
"Burgos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.