burlesk
\bʊʁˈlɛsk\
The verdict
“burlesk” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Burlesque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-burlesk · burlesk · French
burlesk · 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 | burlesk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bʊʁˈlɛsk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « burlesk » en français
Rare enough to double-check
burlesk is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʊʁˈlɛsk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Burlesque.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for burlesk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 burlesk, spelled B-U-R-L-E-S-K.
Definition
- 1Burlesque.
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.