# Turk

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɝk/ · frequency rank #19,725

## Definitions
1. A speaker of the various Turkic languages.
2. A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent.
3. A Muslim.
4. a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).
5. A 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.
9. The plum curculio.

## Etymology
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 (t²ür²k̥). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.

## Easily confused with
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-tux)
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-tyr)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-turn)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-tyre)
- **tutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-tutu)
- **tusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-tusk)
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-turns)
- **turkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-turkey)
- **Turkic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turk-vs-turkic)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tu-vs-turk)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tk-vs-turk)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/try-vs-turk)
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tub-vs-turk)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tri-vs-turk)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tar-vs-turk)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tor-vs-turk)
- **tug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tug-vs-turk)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ter-vs-turk)
- **tak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tak-vs-turk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`truk`, `tturk`, `tukr`, `turkk`, `turrk`, `utrk`

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