turps
/tɝps/noun
turps is spelled T-U-R-P-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, turps means “Turpentine or turpentine substitute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in turps?
| Letters | 5: T-U-R-P-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is turps?
Turps appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 turps?
- US /tɝps/
- UK /tɜːps/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-turps.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with turps?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as turps (/ɜɹps/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spurt.
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).
What does turps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalTurpentine or turpentine substitute.
- 2
AustraliaslangAny alcoholic drink.
noun
- 1
plural of TURP
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does turps come from?
Clipping of turpentine + -s (diminutive suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).