turbofan
"turbofan" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“turbofan” is uncommon English (frequency #94,368 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,368
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion r...
Corpus desk
Index EN-turbofan · turbofan · English
turbofan · rank #94,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,368
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH turnbuckle
Nearest frequency peer: turnbuckle (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “turbofan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Triggs
Triggs
5,638 corpus weight
- truculent
truculent
5,637 corpus weight
- Tuke
Tuke
5,635 corpus weight
- turbofan
turbofan
5,633 corpus weight
- turnbuckle
turnbuckle
5,632 corpus weight
- typify
typify
5,627 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “turbofan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turbofan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “turbofan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
turbofan is uncommon English at frequency #94,368 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for turbofan in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From turbo- + fan. The correct English form is turbofan, spelled T-U-R-B-O-F-A-N.
Definition
- 1A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion rather than the turbojet portion, and this can be thought of in simplistic terms as that the turbojet portion drives the fan and the fan propels the aircraft.
- 2An aircraft with such engines.
Etymology
From turbo- + fan.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.