Turquiose or turquoise?
Did you mean turquoise? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: turquoise. Misspelling: turquiose.
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Memory tip
The end is -quoise, with U-O-I after the Q: tur-QUOISE.
Why people write “turquiose”
The misspelling “turquiose” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of O and I.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make turquoise automatic.
Other misspellings of “turquoise”
People also write “torquoise”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“torquoise”
Correct spelling: turquoise. Misspelling: torquoise.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “torquoise” is only one letter off: it writes O where turquoise has U, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “turquoise” mean?
turquoise noun
- a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
“blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone”
- a shade of blue tinged with green
Synonyms:aquaaquamarine
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Turquoise” in a sentence
- She painted the door turquoise.
- Blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone.
Is “turquoise” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“turquiose” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from TURQUOISE.