# Tours vs turn

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tours
*name · frequency rank #5,745*
A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.

### turn
*verb · IPA /tɜːn/ · frequency rank #484*
To make a non-linear physical movement.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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