torso
tor·so/ˈtoɹ.soʊ̯/noun
torso is spelled T-O-R-S-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (tor·so). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, torso means “The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of torso is torsos or torsi.
How many letters and syllables are in torso?
| Letters | 5: T-O-R-S-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tor·so |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th 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; 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 torso?
Torso appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 torso?
- UK /ˈtɔː.səʊ̯/
- UK [ˈtʰɔː.səʊ̯] ~ [ˈtʰɔː.sɵ̞ʊ̯]
- US /ˈtoɹ.soʊ̯/
Torso has 2 syllables, split tor·so in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-torso.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with torso?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as torso (/oɹsoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roots, roost, ostro.
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 torso
- torsos plural
- torsi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does torso mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Torso in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense body excluding the head and limbs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | torse, tronc, buste |
| German | Torso, Rumpf, Oberkörper, Leib, Körperstamm |
| Portuguese | tronco, corpo, torso |
| Spanish | torso, tronco, troncón |
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 torso come from?
From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).