torque
/tɔɹk/noun, verb
torque is spelled T-O-R-Q-U-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, torque means “A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of torque is torques.
How many letters and syllables are in torque?
| Letters | 6: T-O-R-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is torque?
Torque appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce torque?
- US /tɔɹk/
- UK /tɔːk/
Torque has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-torque.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with torque
Sounds like: talk, torc, torq (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with torque?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as torque from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roquet, quoter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of torque
- torques plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- torquing participle, present
- torqueing participle, present
- torqued participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does torque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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 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)
- 2
A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.
verb
- 1
To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Torque in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | couple , torque |
| German | Drehmoment , Torques, Wendelring |
| Portuguese | torque, binário, momento de forças |
| Spanish | par de torsión, par motor, momento de fuerza, par de fuerzas, par, torque |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does torque come from?
Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).