tornar
/tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“tornar” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #859 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #859
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - voltar
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 | tornar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tornar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tornar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #859 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tornar, with forms such as "otrnar", "tonrar", and "toranr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "torno", "torta", "torrar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is tornar, spelled T-O-R-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1voltar
- 2regressar
- 3voltar ao ponto de partida
- 4responder
- 5dar tornas
- 6restituir
- 7reconsiderar
- 8transformar-se
- 9fazer-se
- 10converter-se
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otrnar,tonrar,toranr,tornarr,tornnar,tornra,torrnar,tronar,ttornar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tornar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tornar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-R-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “torno” - see the side-by-side comparison. tornar vs torno
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.