turbina

/[t̪uɾˈβ̞ina]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,985

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

turbina is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rueda hidráulica, con paletas curvas colocadas en su periferia, que recibe el agua por el centro y la despide en dirección tangente a la circunferencia, con lo cual aprovecha la mayor parte posible... Pronounced [t̪uɾˈβ̞ina]. Often confused with Turín and turbio.

Key facts for turbina
PropertyValue
Headwordturbina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪uɾˈβ̞ina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,985
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of turbina in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for turbina is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪uɾˈβ̞ina]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,985 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rueda hidráulica, con paletas curvas colocadas en su periferia, que recibe el agua por el centro y la despide en dirección tangente a la circunferencia, con lo cual aprovecha la mayor parte posible...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for turbina, with forms such as "trubina", "tturbina", and "tubrina". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Turín", "turbio", "turbios", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is turbina, spelled T-U-R-B-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rueda hidráulica, con paletas curvas colocadas en su periferia, que recibe el agua por el centro y la despide en dirección tangente a la circunferencia, con lo cual aprovecha la mayor parte posible de la fuerza motriz.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: trubina,tturbina,tubrina,turbbina,turbian,turbinna,turbnia,turibna,turrbina,turvina,utrbina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for turbina

Misspelling Variants of "turbina"

trubina7tturbina8tubrina7turbbina8turbian7turbinna8turbnia7turibna7
Misspelling Variants of "turbina"

Frequency rank: #28,985 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "turbina"?
"turbina" is spelled T-U-R-B-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪uɾˈβ̞ina].
What does "turbina" mean?
As a noun, "turbina" means: Rueda hidráulica, con paletas curvas colocadas en su periferia, que recibe el agua por el centro y la despide en dirección tangente a la circunferencia, con lo cual aprovecha la mayor parte posible...
What words are commonly confused with "turbina"?
"turbina" is commonly confused with "Turín", "turbio", "turbios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "turbina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "turbina" is [t̪uɾˈβ̞ina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "turbina" come from?
"turbina" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.