# torturous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃəɹəs/ · frequency rank #49,103

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to torture.
2. Painful, excruciating, torturing.

## Etymology
From Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra. By surface analysis, torture + -ous.

## Easily confused with
- **tortuous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tortuous-vs-torturous)

## Common misspellings (13)
`otrturous`, `torrturous`, `tortruous`, `tortturous`, `tortuorus`, `torturosu`, `torturouss`, `torturrous`, `torturuos`, `torutrous`, `totrurous`, `troturous`, `ttorturous`

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