turquesa
[t̪uɾˈkesa]
The verdict
“turquesa” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,909 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,909
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mineral de color azul verdoso, formado por un fosfato de alúmina con algo de cobre y hierro, capaz de hermoso pulimento y casi tan duro como el vidrio, que se halla en granos menudos en distintos p...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turquesa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪uɾˈkesa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “turquesa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for turquesa is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪uɾˈkesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,909 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mineral de color azul verdoso, formado por un fosfato de alúmina con algo de cobre y hierro, capaz de hermoso pulimento y casi tan duro como el vidrio, que se halla en granos menudos en distintos p...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for turquesa, with forms such as "truquesa", "tturquesa", and "tuqruesa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Turquía", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is turquesa, spelled T-U-R-Q-U-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1Mineral de color azul verdoso, formado por un fosfato de alúmina con algo de cobre y hierro, capaz de hermoso pulimento y casi tan duro como el vidrio, que se halla en granos menudos en distintos puntos de Asia, principalmente en Persia, y se emplea en joyería.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: truquesa,tturquesa,tuqruesa,turqeusa,turqquesa,turqueas,turquessa,turqusea,turrquesa,turuqesa,utrquesa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of turquesa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “turquesa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-U-R-Q-U-E-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪uɾˈkesa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Turquía” - see the side-by-side comparison. turquesa vs Turquía
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.