burla
[ˈbuɾla]
The verdict
“burla” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,382 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,382
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o dicho destinada a buscar el ridículo de alguno por diversión o inquina, atacando al adversario.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuɾla] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “burla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for burla is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbuɾla]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,382 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for burla, with forms such as "bburla", "brula", and "bulra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buró", "burn", "busca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is burla, spelled B-U-R-L-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o dicho destinada a buscar el ridículo de alguno por diversión o inquina, atacando al adversario.
- 2Acción o dicho ingenioso hecho para divertir.
- 3Acción o dicho engañoso.
- 4Actitud de falta de ética y respeto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bburla,brula,bulra,bural,burlla,burrla,ubrla,vurla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burla - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “burla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-R-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbuɾla] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “buró” - see the side-by-side comparison. burla vs buró
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.