turnaround
/ˈtɜɹnəˌɹaʊnd/noun
turnaround is spelled T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “turn-around vs turnaround” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, turnaround means “The act of turning to face in the other direction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of turnaround is turnarounds.
How many letters and syllables are in turnaround?
| Letters | 10: T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 common is turnaround?
Turnaround appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 turnaround?
- UK /ˈtɜːnəˌɹaʊnd/
- US /ˈtɜɹnəˌɹaʊnd/
Turnaround has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-turnaround.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with turnaround
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: turn-around (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of turnaround
- turnarounds plural
- turn-around
- turn around
- turnround
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does turnaround mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of turning to face in the other direction.
The basketball player made a turnaround jump shot.
- 2
A reversal of policy.
- 3
The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.
They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork.
- 4
A turnabout; a reversal of circumstances.
- 5
A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.
- 6
A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
- 7
The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
- 8
USSynonym of goback.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Turnaround in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
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 turnaround come from?
Deverbal from turn around.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).