torus
/toʊ̯ɹəs/noun
torus is spelled T-O-R-U-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, torus means “A topological space which is a product of two circles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of torus is tori or toruses.
How many letters and syllables are in torus?
| Letters | 5: T-O-R-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 torus?
Torus appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 torus?
- UK /ˈtɔː.ɹəs/
- US /toʊ̯ɹəs/
- US /ˈtɔ.ɹəs/
Torus has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-torus.ogg, En-au-torus.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with torus
Sounds like: Taurus (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: tore.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with torus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as torus.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stour, roust, sutor.
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 torus
- tori plural
- toruses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does torus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A topological space which is a product of two circles.
A 4-variable Karnaugh map can be thought of, topologically, as being a torus.
- 2
The product of the specified number of circles.
- 3
A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.
- 4
A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- 5
A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.
- 6
The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached.
- 7
The thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit (as of gymnosperm tracheids) having the secondary cell wall arched over the pit cavity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Torus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 torus come from?
Borrowed from Latin torus (“a round, swelling, elevation, protuberance”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).