turnt
/ˈtɜːnt/
"turnt" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“turnt” is uncommon English (frequency #96,602 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,602
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of turn
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turnt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈtɜːnt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “turnt” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
turnt is uncommon English at frequency #96,602 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈtɜːnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of turn".
Zero misspellings are on record for turnt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English turnet, turnit, (variants to Middle English turnde, turned, etc.), from Old English tyrnde, ġetyrned, etc., past tenses of Old English tyrnan (“to turn, cause to turn”), equivalent to turn + -t. The correct English form is turnt, spelled T-U-R-N-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of turn
Etymology
From Middle English turnet, turnit, (variants to Middle English turnde, turned, etc.), from Old English tyrnde, ġetyrned, etc., past tenses of Old English tyrnan (“to turn, cause to turn”), equivalent to turn + -t.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “turnt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-U-R-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.