tur
/tʊə/
"tur" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tur” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,138 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,138
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tʊə/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #39,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tur” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tur is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tʊə/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,138 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tur, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "TX", "Ty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus. The correct English form is tur, spelled T-U-R.
Definition
- 1Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tʊə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “TV” - see the side-by-side comparison. tur vs TV
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.