# Tudor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtjuːdə/ · frequency rank #19,724

## Definitions
1. A monarch of the English royal family during the sixteenth century, specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.
2. Anyone who lived in the Tudor era of England.
3. A style of dress popular in Britain during the sixteenth century.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Tudur (“Theodoric”), from Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs, later adopted as the surname of a British royal family. Piecewise doublet of Theodoric, Theoderic, Terry, and Derek.

## Easily confused with
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tudor-vs-tur)
- **tumor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tudor-vs-tumor)
- **tutor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tudor-vs-tutor)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tudor-vs-tuner)
- **tumour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tudor-vs-tumour)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tor-vs-tudor)
- **Thor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thor-vs-tudor)
- **tenor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenor-vs-tudor)
- **Timor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timor-vs-tudor)
- **tabor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tudor)
- **tuber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tudor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tduor`, `ttudor`, `tuddor`, `tudorr`, `tudro`, `tuodr`, `utdor`

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