upturn
/ˈʌp.tɜːn/
"upturn" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“upturn” is uncommon English (frequency #54,554 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,554
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-upturn · upturn · English
upturn · rank #54,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,554
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH uppity
Nearest frequency peer: uppity (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “upturn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unmask
unmask
45,450 corpus weight
- unreservedly
unreservedly
45,449 corpus weight
- uppity
uppity
45,448 corpus weight
- upturn
upturn
45,447 corpus weight
- Vandy
Vandy
45,446 corpus weight
- Vickery
Vickery
45,444 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “upturn” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | upturn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʌp.tɜːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “upturn” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
upturn is uncommon English at frequency #54,554 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʌp.tɜːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for upturn, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English upturnen, equivalent to up- + turn. The correct English form is upturn, spelled U-P-T-U-R-N.
Definition
- 1An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how upturn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: increase; improvement
Etymology
From Middle English upturnen, equivalent to up- + turn.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.