burst
\bœʁst\
The verdict
“burst” is uncommon French (frequency #72,985 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,985
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Technique de jeu vidéo consistant à infliger une forte concentration de dégâts en un laps de temps très court, souvent utilisée pour neutraliser rapidement un adversaire, notamment dans les RPG et ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burst |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bœʁst\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “burst” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
burst is uncommon French at frequency #72,985 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bœʁst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
burst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is burst, spelled B-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Technique de jeu vidéo consistant à infliger une forte concentration de dégâts en un laps de temps très court, souvent utilisée pour neutraliser rapidement un adversaire, notamment dans les RPG et les MOBA.
- 2Technique de tir en rafale avec une arme automatique.
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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Using “burst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-U-R-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bœʁst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.