# Turing

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtʊɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #22,843

## Definitions
1. A surname of Germanic origin.
2. Alan Turing (1912–1954), a British logician and early computer scientist.
3. A programming language.

## Etymology
(programming language): Named after Alan Turing.

## Easily confused with
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-turn)
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-turns)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-tying)
- **typing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-typing)
- **turning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-turning)
- **tutoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turing-vs-tutoring)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ting-vs-turing)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tung-vs-turing)
- **trig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trig-vs-turing)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-turing)
- **Turin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turin-vs-turing)
- **trying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trying-vs-turing)
- **taking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taking-vs-turing)
- **timing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timing-vs-turing)
- **tuning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuning-vs-turing)
- **taxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxing-vs-turing)
- **tiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiring-vs-turing)
- **tubing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tubing-vs-turing)
- **taping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taping-vs-turing)
- **toying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toying-vs-turing)

## Common misspellings (8)
`truing`, `tturing`, `tuirng`, `turign`, `turingg`, `turnig`, `turring`, `utring`

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