Which to use
“tourism” is a noun and “Tours” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,499
- “tourism” frequency rank
- #5,745
- “Tours” frequency rank
- 10244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourism | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home. | A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department. |
Letter map: tourism vs Tours
Shared letters muted; letters that set tourism and Tours apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - tourism and Tours
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tourism is anoun and Toursaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tourism is recorded at frequency rank #4,499, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɔːɹɪzəm/. 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 10244, this pair ranks #493,284 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tourism vs Tours
Shared letters: orstu. Private to "tourism": im. Private to "Tours": -.
"tourism" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "Tours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tourism" and "Tours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tourism" or "Tours"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tourism" and "Tours".
- Full dictionary entry for "tourism" 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 #493,284 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourism" 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 #493,284 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.