Burgonde
\byʁ.ɡɔ̃d\
The verdict
“Burgonde” is uncommon French (frequency #87,404 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,404
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre du peuple des Burgondes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-burgonde · Burgonde · French
Burgonde · rank #87,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,404
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH butins
Nearest frequency peer: butins (+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 « Burgonde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brossant
brossant
12,601 corpus weight
- Burgonde
Burgonde
12,597 corpus weight
- butins
butins
12,596 corpus weight
- butternut
butternut
12,595 corpus weight
- buttons
buttons
12,594 corpus weight
- béguines
béguines
12,593 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Burgonde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Burgonde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \byʁ.ɡɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Burgonde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Burgonde is uncommon French at frequency #87,404 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \byʁ.ɡɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membre du peuple des Burgondes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Burgonde, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Burgonde, spelled B-U-R-G-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Membre du peuple des Burgondes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Burgonde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assises contre terre, aux abords du cadavre, Tandis que toutes trois sanglotent, le front bas, La Burgonde Brunhild, seule, ne gémit pas, Et contemple, l’œil sec, l’angoisse qui les navre.
This word in other languages
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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