# sturt

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɜː(ɹ)t/ · frequency rank #45,104

## Definitions
1. In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

## Etymology
From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.

## Easily confused with
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturt-vs-sure)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturt-vs-suit)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturt-vs-surf)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturt-vs-sura)
- **suture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturt-vs-suture)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/str-vs-sturt)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stu-vs-sturt)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/star-vs-sturt)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sort-vs-sturt)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shut-vs-sturt)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stir-vs-sturt)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stat-vs-sturt)
- **sour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sour-vs-sturt)
- **slut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sturt)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sturt)
- **spur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spur-vs-sturt)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stun-vs-sturt)
- **slur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slur-vs-sturt)
- **stub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stub-vs-sturt)
- **smut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smut-vs-sturt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ssturt`, `stturt`, `sturrt`, `sturtt`, `stutr`, `sutrt`, `tsurt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sturt