in-turn
"in-turn" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in-turn” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated across the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-turn · in-turn · English
in-turn · 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 "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | in-turn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in-turn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in-turn is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated across the body.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for in-turn in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is in-turn, spelled I-N---T-U-R-N.
Definition
- 1A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated across the body.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how in-turn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For a right-handed thrower, an in-turn is clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.
Antonyms
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.