torr
noun
torr is spelled T-O-R-R: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, torr means “A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of torr is torrs.
How many letters and syllables are in torr?
| Letters | 4: T-O-R-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 torr?
Torr appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 torr?
Torr 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).
Words people confuse with torr
Also written: tor.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with torr?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as torr.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rort.
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 torr
- torrs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does torr mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of torr (“measure of pressure”).
symbol
- 1
The unit symbol for a torr (“unit of pressure”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Torr in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of pressure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | torr |
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 torr come from?
Clipping of Torricelli; named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), who discovered the principle of the barometer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).