turner
/ˈtɝ.nɚ/noun
turner is spelled T-U-R-N-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, turner means “One who or that which turns” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of turner is turners.
How many letters and syllables are in turner?
| Letters | 6: T-U-R-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is turner?
Turner appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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 turner?
- US /ˈtɝ.nɚ/
- UK /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/
Turner has 2 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: En-au-turner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with turner?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as turner from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹnəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: return.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of turner
- turners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does turner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who or that which turns.
- 2
A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
- 3
A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
- 4
A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
- 5
A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
- 6
An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
- 7
An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
noun
- 1
A person who has Turner syndrome.
- 2
Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Turner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person working a lathe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tourneur, tourneuse, décolleteur, décolleteuse |
| German | Drechsler, Drechslerin, Dreher, Dreherin |
| Portuguese | torneiro, torneador |
| Spanish | tornero, torneador |
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 turner come from?
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).