# torso

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɔː.səʊ/ · frequency rank #17,046

## Definitions
1. The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

## Etymology
From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse.

## Easily confused with
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-tos)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-toys)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-trio)
- **toss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-toss)
- **Tory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-tory)
- **tort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-tort)
- **tosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-tosh)
- **Tours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-tours)
- **turbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-turbo)
- **torts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-torts)
- **torus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-torus)
- **Towson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torso-vs-towson)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/too-vs-torso)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tor-vs-torso)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tons-vs-torso)
- **torn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torn-vs-torso)
- **tops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tops-vs-torso)
- **toes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toes-vs-torso)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-torso)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toro-vs-torso)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otrso`, `toros`, `torrso`, `torsso`, `tosro`, `troso`, `ttorso`

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