Turing

\ty.ʁiŋ\

/\ty.ʁiŋ\/ name

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The verdict

“Turing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,500
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-turing · Turing · French

Turing · rank #33,500 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,500
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH turbulence

Nearest frequency peer: turbulence (-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 « Turing »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Turing » 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).

Turing vs turn
50% similar
Turing vs Turpin
67% similar
Turing vs Turin
83% similar

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

Key facts for Turing
PropertyValue
HeadwordTuring
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ty.ʁiŋ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,500
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Turing »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Turingse 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 « turbulence » (#33,499), « Tyr » (#33,501), « tumulte » (#33,498). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Turing » est au #33,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Turing (IPA \ty.ʁiŋ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,500 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Turing, with forms such as "truing", "tturing", and "tuirng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "turn", "Turpin", "Turin", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Turing, spelled T-U-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 2019, le Breton Yann Le Cun a reçu le prix Turing, l’équivalent du Nobel pour l’informatique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • truing
  • tturing
  • tuirng
  • turign
  • turingg
  • turinng
  • turnig
  • turring
  • utring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Turing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

truing2tturing1tuirng2turign2turingg1turinng1turnig2turring1
Edit distance from "Turing"

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 "Turing"?
"Turing" is spelled T-U-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ty.ʁiŋ\.
What does "Turing" mean?
As a proper noun, "Turing" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Turing"?
"Turing" is commonly confused with "turn", "Turpin", "Turin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Turing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Turing" is \ty.ʁiŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Turing" come from?
"Turing" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tsonga#33,497vanity#33,511Warhol#33,516Yacine#33,519

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

usinage9 variantsvallons9 variantsétoffer9 variantssiphon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list