beurk

\bœʁk\

/\bœʁk\/ intj

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The verdict

“beurk” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,373
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marque le dégoût, en particulier en ce qui concerne la nourriture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-beurk · beurk · French

beurk · rank #20,373 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,373
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH because

Nearest frequency peer: because (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « beurk »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « beurk » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

beurk vs burn
60% similar
beurk vs buck
60% similar
beurk vs bure
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for beurk
PropertyValue
Headwordbeurk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\bœʁk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,373
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « beurk »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.beurkse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « because » (#20,372), « biathlon » (#20,374), « Baudouin » (#20,371). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « beurk » est au #20,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around beurk (IPA \bœʁk\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #20,373 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Marque le dégoût, en particulier en ce qui concerne la nourriture.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for beurk, with forms such as "bbeurk", "beruk", and "beukr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "burn", "buck", "bure", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is beurk, spelled B-E-U-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marque le dégoût, en particulier en ce qui concerne la nourriture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how beurk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle regarda la petite fiole avec dégoût : Beurk, quelle répugnante chose elle allait encore devoir boire !
  2. « Toi et ton humour à la con… Tu ne respectes donc vraiment rien ? Beurk !

Synonyms

arkpouahptui

Antonyms

miam

This word in other languages

yuck(English)fuchi(Español)bäh(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbeurk
  • beruk
  • beukr
  • beurkk
  • beurrk
  • buerk
  • eburk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beurk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbeurk1beruk2beukr2beurkk1beurrk1buerk2eburk2
Edit distance from "beurk"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beurk"?
"beurk" is spelled B-E-U-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \bœʁk\.
What does "beurk" mean?
As an interjection, "beurk" means: Marque le dégoût, en particulier en ce qui concerne la nourriture.
What words are commonly confused with "beurk"?
"beurk" is commonly confused with "burn", "buck", "bure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beurk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beurk" is \bœʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beurk" come from?
"beurk" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beurk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boost#20,377canoë#20,381arabo#20,353Albin#20,342

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

braque7 variantsarrêta7 variantsappeller7 variantsérudit7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list