# Turin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tjʊəˈɹɪn/ · frequency rank #19,491

## Definitions
1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin.
3. A former province of Piedmont.
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9. A surname.

## Etymology
From Piedmontese Turin, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino, the Italian name.

## Easily confused with
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turn)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-twin)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turk)
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turns)
- **twain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-twain)
- **Turing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turing)
- **turnip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turnip)
- **Turkic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turkic)
- **turning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turning)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tin-vs-turin)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tri-vs-turin)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tun-vs-turin)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-turin)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tur-vs-turin)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trip-vs-turin)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thin-vs-turin)
- **torn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torn-vs-turin)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-turin)
- **trim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trim-vs-turin)
- **turf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turf-vs-turin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`truin`, `tturin`, `tuirn`, `turinn`, `turni`, `turrin`, `utrin`

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