# Torrens

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,456

## Definitions
1. A surname from Catalan.
2. A river that flows through Adelaide, South Australia, named after Robert Torrens.
3. A salt lake in central South Australia.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan Torrens. It is also a variant of the surname Torrence.

## Easily confused with
- **Torres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torrens-vs-torres)
- **torrent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torrens-vs-torrent)
- **Tories** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tories-vs-torrens)
- **torment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torment-vs-torrens)

## Common misspellings (9)
`otrrens`, `torens`, `torerns`, `torrenns`, `torrenss`, `torresn`, `torrnes`, `trorens`, `ttorrens`

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