# turret

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/ · frequency rank #16,813

## Definitions
1. A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
2. A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
3. A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
4. An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
5. The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
6. A turret head.
7. The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.

## Etymology
From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.

## Easily confused with
- **turned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turned-vs-turret)
- **target** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/target-vs-turret)
- **turkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turkey-vs-turret)
- **turner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/turner-vs-turret)
- **Torres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torres-vs-turret)
- **torrent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/torrent-vs-turret)

## Common misspellings (7)
`truret`, `tturret`, `turert`, `turet`, `turrett`, `turrte`, `utrret`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/turret