turc

\tyʁk\

/\tyʁk\/ adj

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The verdict

“turc” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,936
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Turcs, à la Turquie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-turc · turc · French

turc · rank #5,936 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,936
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transporter

Nearest frequency peer: transporter (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « turc »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « turc » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

turc vs Tyr
25% similar
turc vs tus
50% similar
turc vs tuto
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for turc
PropertyValue
Headwordturc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tyʁk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,936
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « turc »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.turcse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « transporter » (#5,935), « usages » (#5,937), « traditionnels » (#5,934). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « turc » est au #5,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around turc (IPA \tyʁk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,936 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for turc, with forms such as "tturc", "tucr", and "turcc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tyr", "tus", "tuto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is turc, spelled T-U-R-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Turcs, à la Turquie.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux Turcs, à la Turquie.
  3. 3
    Relatif au turc, la langue turque parlée en Turquie.
  4. 4
    Relatif aux langues turques ou turciques, sous-famille de langues altaïques dont fait partie le turc.
  5. 5
    Relatif aux peuples de langues turques ou turciques.
  6. 6
    Qualifie plusieurs couleurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how turc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Joignez à ces qualités féminines un parler doux comme la physionomie, doux comme des yeux bleus à paupières turques.
  2. Pour atteindre sa forme actuelle, la langue turque a connu, au cours des siècles, bien des pérégrinations : un périple à travers toute l’Asie centrale, de multiples influences, puis une profonde réforme.

Synonyms

turquienottomanturciqueturke

This word in other languages

Turkish(English)turco(Español)türkisch(Deutsch)turco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tturc
  • tucr
  • turcc
  • turrc
  • utrc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of turc - 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.

tturc1tucr2turcc1turrc1utrc2
Edit distance from "turc"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "turc"?
"turc" is spelled T-U-R-C. The IPA pronunciation is \tyʁk\.
What does "turc" mean?
As an adjective, "turc" means: Relatif aux Turcs, à la Turquie.
What words are commonly confused with "turc"?
"turc" is commonly confused with "Tyr", "tus", "tuto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "turc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "turc" is \tyʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "turc" come from?
"turc" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "turc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

âmes#5,939dent#5,965Juan#5,883irai#5,994

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

audio5 variantslave5 variantsnette5 variantsneveu5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list