turn over
verb
turn over is spelled T-U-R-N-O-V-E-R: 8 letters. People search “turn over vs turnover” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, turn over means “To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in turn over?
| Letters | 8: T-U-R-N-O-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| 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 over?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-turn_over.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with turn over
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: turnover (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of turn over
- turns over present, singular, he/she/it
- turning over participle, present
- turned over participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does turn over mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
Turn over the box and look at the bottom.
- 2
To relinquish; give back.
They turned over the evidence to the authorities.
- 3
To transfer.
- 4
To produce, complete, or cycle through.
They can turn over about three hundred units per hour.
- 5
To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
The business turned over several million last year.
- 6
To mull, ponder
- 7
To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- 8
To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
The Giants didn't turn the ball over in their last four games.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Turn over in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to flip over:
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 over come from?
From turn + over.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).