torno

//ˈtoɾ.nu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,513

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

torno is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aparelho usado em carpintaria que faz girar a velocidade uma peça de madeira que assim é lavrada ou torneada Pronounced /ˈtoɾ.nu/. It ranks #1,513 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with town and turn.

Key facts for torno
PropertyValue
Headwordtorno
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtoɾ.nu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,513
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of torno in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for torno is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtoɾ.nu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,513 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for torno, with forms such as "otrno", "tonro", and "tornno". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "town", "turn", "toro", 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 Portuguese form is torno, spelled T-O-R-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aparelho usado em carpintaria que faz girar a velocidade uma peça de madeira que assim é lavrada ou torneada
  2. 2
    aparelho de ferro de duas peças que apertam com força objetos a serem limados
  3. 3
    tornilho
  4. 4
    pua
  5. 5
    prego de madeira
  6. 6
    na torneira, a chave que permite abrir e fechar o passo de líquido
  7. 7
    janela com um sistema giratório na entrada de conventos de clausura que permite o passo de objetos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otrno,tonro,tornno,toron,torrno,ttorno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for torno

Misspelling Variants of "torno"

otrno5tonro5tornno6toron5torrno6ttorno6
Misspelling Variants of "torno"

Frequency rank: #1,513 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "torno"?
"torno" is spelled T-O-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtoɾ.nu/.
What does "torno" mean?
As a noun, "torno" means: aparelho usado em carpintaria que faz girar a velocidade uma peça de madeira que assim é lavrada ou torneada
What words are commonly confused with "torno"?
"torno" is commonly confused with "town", "turn", "toro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "torno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "torno" is /ˈtoɾ.nu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "torno" come from?
"torno" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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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.