turn around
noun, verb
turn around is spelled T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D: 10 letters. People search “turn-around vs turnaround” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, turn around means “Alternative spelling of turnaround” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of turn around is turn arounds or turn-arounds.
How many letters and syllables are in turn around?
| Letters | 10: T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce turn around?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-turn_around.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with turn around
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: turnaround (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of turn around
- turn arounds plural
- turns around present, singular, he/she/it
- turning around participle, present
- turned around participle, past
- turn-arounds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does turn around mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of turnaround.
verb
- 1
To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
At the end of the road, we turned around and walked back to the hotel.
- 2
To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.
- 3
To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc.
The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year.
- 4
To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
- 5
colloquialTo suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.
- 6
To consider from a different viewpoint.
Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.
- 7
colloquial(often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
We can turn around 500 units by next week.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of turnaround.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Turn around in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | retourner , se retourner |
| German | umdrehen |
| Portuguese | rodar, girar, dar uma volta , virar , dar a volta por cima |
| Spanish | darle una vuelta , dar(se) una vuelta , darle vuelta, voltear , dar(se) vuelta |
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 turn around come from?
Deverbal from turn around.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).