Which to use
“tour” is a noun and “Tours” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,112
- “tour” frequency rank
- #5,745
- “Tours” frequency rank
- 6857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tour | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department. |
Letter map: tour vs Tours
Shared letters muted; letters that set tour and Tours apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: tour vs Tours
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tour is anoun and Toursaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tour” sits inside “Tours”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tour is recorded at frequency rank #1,112, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɔː(ɹ)/. Tours is at rank #5,745, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 6857, this pair ranks #509,686 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tour vs Tours
Shared letters: ortu. Private to "tour": -. Private to "Tours": s.
"tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Tours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tour" and "Tours" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tour" vs "Tours" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "tour" and "Tours". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #509,686 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tour" and "Tours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "torus vs Tours". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #509,686 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.