turn over
"turn-over" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“turn over” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
Corpus desk
Index EN-turn-over · turn over · English
turn over · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turn over |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “turn over” in English
Rare enough to double-check
turn over is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for turn over, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From turn + over. The correct English form is turn over, spelled T-U-R-N- -O-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- 2To relinquish; give back.
- 3To transfer.
- 4To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- 5To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- 6To mull, ponder
- 7To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- 8To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- 9To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- 10Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turn over appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Turn over the box and look at the bottom.
The brakes were applied immediately, but the engine ran into a sand drag at approximately 20 m.p.h., plunged down the embankment, and turned over on its side at the bottom.
Etymology
From turn + over.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.