turlough
tur·lough/ˈtɜː.lɒx/noun
turlough is spelled T-U-R-L-O-U-G-H: 8 letters and 2 syllables (tur·lough). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, turlough means “A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of turlough is turloughs.
How many letters and syllables are in turlough?
| Letters | 8: T-U-R-L-O-U-G-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tur·lough |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is turlough?
Turlough appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 turlough?
- UK /ˈtɜː.lɒx/
Turlough has 2 syllables, split tur·lough in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-turlough.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of turlough
- turloughs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does turlough mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandA temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does turlough come from?
From Irish tur (“dry”) + loch (“lake”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).