burden
\ˈbɜːdn\
The verdict
“burden” is uncommon French (frequency #67,342 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,342
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fardeau, charge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-burden · burden · French
burden · rank #67,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,342
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH burne
Nearest frequency peer: burne (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « burden »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bravement
bravement
32,664 corpus weight
- breakdown
breakdown
32,663 corpus weight
- burden
burden
32,659 corpus weight
- burne
burne
32,658 corpus weight
- bégayer
bégayer
32,657 corpus weight
- bénéficiera…
bénéficieraient
32,655 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « burden » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɜːdn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « burden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
burden is uncommon French at frequency #67,342 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɜːdn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for burden in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is burden, spelled B-U-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fardeau, charge.
- 2Charge corporelle (cancérologie).
- 3Frais généraux, coûts indirects.
- 4Morts-terrains, terrain de recouvrement, terrain de couverture, terrain sus-jacent.
- 5Lit de fusion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how burden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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.
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