burgher
\bə.ɡœʁ\
The verdict
“burgher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné au citoyens libres des républiques sud-africaines du Transvaal et de l’État libre d’Orange au XIXème et XXème siècles. — (site Web larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais)
Corpus desk
Index FR-burgher · burgher · French
burgher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burgher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bə.ɡœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « burgher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
burgher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bə.ɡœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné au citoyens libres des républiques sud-africaines du Transvaal et de l’État libre d’Orange au XIXème et XXème siècles. — (site Web larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for burgher, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 French form is burgher, spelled B-U-R-G-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom donné au citoyens libres des républiques sud-africaines du Transvaal et de l’État libre d’Orange au XIXème et XXème siècles. — (site Web larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how burgher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’y a pas de rebelles ici, il y a des burghers libres qui luttent loyalement pour conserver leur indépendance.
François Hugo était un Afrikaner, un descendant de ces premiers colons hollandais, français ou allemands, tous fervents calvinistes, qui avaient débarqué dans la baie de la Table, non loin du Cap de Bonne-Espérance au XVIIe siècle. Mais lui préférait se définir comme un Burgher, un Boer. Un paysan.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.