torque
/tɔɹk/
"torque" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“torque” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,154 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,154
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit ne...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torque |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɔɹk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torque” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for torque is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɔɹk/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,154 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit ne...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for torque, with forms such as "otrque", "toqrue", and "torqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "true", "torus", "torture", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). The correct English form is torque, spelled T-O-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otrque,toqrue,torqeu,torqque,torrque,toruqe,troque,ttorque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of torque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “torque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-O-R-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɔɹk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “true” - see the side-by-side comparison. torque vs true
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.