burkini

\byʁ.ki.ni\

/\byʁ.ki.ni\/ noun

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The verdict

“burkini” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,502
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maillot de bain pour femme recouvrant la totalité du corps à l'exception du visage, des mains et des pieds.

Corpus desk

Index FR-burkini · burkini · French

burkini · rank #22,502 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,502
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouillant

Nearest frequency peer: bouillant (-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 « burkini »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « burkini » 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).

burkini vs burning
71% similar
burkini vs burin
71% similar
burkini vs bikini
71% similar

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

Key facts for burkini
PropertyValue
Headwordburkini
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\byʁ.ki.ni\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,502
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « burkini »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).burkinise place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouillant » (#22,501), « burlesque » (#22,503), « cab » (#22,504). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « burkini » est au #22,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around burkini (IPA \byʁ.ki.ni\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,502 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maillot de bain pour femme recouvrant la totalité du corps à l'exception du visage, des mains et des pieds.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for burkini, with forms such as "bburkini", "brukini", and "bukrini". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "burning", "burin", "bikini", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is burkini, spelled B-U-R-K-I-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maillot de bain pour femme recouvrant la totalité du corps à l'exception du visage, des mains et des pieds.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La styliste crée alors le burkini : un costume de bain en polyester qui enveloppe l'ensemble du corps, des cheveux jusqu'aux chevilles.
  2. Une grande première dans l’histoire de l’humanité s’est déroulée à Québec cette semaine lorsqu’une musulmane ayant enfilé un burkini pour se baigner à la piscine municipale s’est fait dire par un homme que son accoutrement était inadéquat et qu’elle devrait s’habiller différement, selon des anthropologues.

This word in other languages

burqini(English)burkini(Español)Burkini(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bburkini
  • brukini
  • bukrini
  • burikni
  • burkiin
  • burkinni
  • burkkini
  • burknii
  • burrkini
  • ubrkini

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burkini - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bburkini1brukini2bukrini2burikni2burkiin2burkinni1burkkini1burknii2
Edit distance from "burkini"

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 "burkini"?
"burkini" is spelled B-U-R-K-I-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is \byʁ.ki.ni\.
What does "burkini" mean?
As a noun, "burkini" means: Maillot de bain pour femme recouvrant la totalité du corps à l'exception du visage, des mains et des pieds.
What words are commonly confused with "burkini"?
"burkini" is commonly confused with "burning", "burin", "bikini". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "burkini"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "burkini" is \byʁ.ki.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "burkini" come from?
"burkini" 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 "burkini", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cadette#22,505canular#22,507avèrent#22,495cessera#22,509

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

changea10 variantsClaudel10 variantsarrachée10 variantscroates10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list