# torts

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɔːts/ · frequency rank #43,969

## Definitions
1. Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages”).

## Etymology
From tort + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and regular plurals of nouns).

## Easily confused with
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tos)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tot)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-toys)
- **toss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-toss)
- **Tory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tory)
- **tote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tote)
- **tout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tout)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tres)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tris)
- **Toth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-toth)
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-turns)
- **towns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-towns)
- **Tours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tours)
- **tyres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tyres)
- **Tufts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-tufts)
- **totes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-totes)
- **torus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torts-vs-torus)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tor-vs-torts)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tons-vs-torts)
- **torn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torn-vs-torts)

## Common misspellings (8)
`otrts`, `torrts`, `torst`, `tortss`, `tortts`, `totrs`, `trots`, `ttorts`

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