Turk
/tɝk/noun, adjective
Turk is spelled T-U-R-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Turk means “A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Turk is Turks or Türks.
How many letters and syllables are in Turk?
| Letters | 4: T-U-R-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Turk?
Turk appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Turk?
- US /tɝk/
- UK /tɜːk/
Turk has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-Turk.wav, En-au-Turk.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Turk?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Turk from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Turk
- Turks plural
- Türk
- Túrk
- Turke
- more Turk comparative
- most Turk superlative
- Türks plural
- more Türk comparative
- most Türk superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Turk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages.
- 2
A member of a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to Anatolia (which comprises the bulk of their modern nation-state of Türkiye).
- 3
obsoleteA Muslim.
- 4
a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).
- 5
archaicA bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian.
- 6
A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.
- 7
A person from Llanelli, Wales.
- 8
A Turkish horse.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of Turkic.
- 2
Synonym of Turkish.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of Turk.
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of Turk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Turk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Turc, Turque |
| German | Türke, Türkin |
| Portuguese | turco, turca , bárbaro, selvagem |
| Spanish | turco, turca |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Turk come from?
From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).