out-turn
"out-turn" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“out-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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated away from the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-out-turn · out-turn · English
out-turn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | out-turn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “out-turn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
out-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 away from the body.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for out-turn, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is out-turn, spelled O-U-T---T-U-R-N.
Definition
- 1A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated away from the body.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how out-turn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For a right-handed thrower, an out-turn is counter-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.