turgid
/ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd/
"turgid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“turgid” is uncommon English (frequency #64,078 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,078
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turgid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “turgid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
turgid is uncommon English at frequency #64,078 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
turgid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”). The correct English form is turgid, spelled T-U-R-G-I-D.
Definition
- 1Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- 2Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
- 3Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
Etymology
From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).
This word in other languages
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 “turgid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-U-R-G-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.