tournament

Name: tournament, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈtʊənəmənt/

//ˈtʊənəmənt// noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“tournament” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,705 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#2,705
frequency rank, English: 10
letters: 15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

Key facts for tournament
Property	Value
Headword	tournament
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈtʊənəmənt/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#2,705
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tournament” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tournament lands here:

#2,705

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for tournament is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtʊənəmənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,705 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for tournament, with forms such as "oturnament", "torunament", and "tounrament". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier. The correct English form is tournament, spelled T-O-U-R-N-A-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
2
A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
3
A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Etymology

From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Synonyms

tourney tourney

This word in other languages

torneo(Español)tournoi(Français)Turnier(Deutsch)torneio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oturnament,torunament,tounrament,touranment,tournaemnt,tournamennt,tournamentt,tournametn,tournamment,tournamnet,tournmaent,tournnament,tourrnament,ttournament,tuornament

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tournament - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "tournament"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tournament"?

"tournament" is spelled T-O-U-R-N-A-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtʊənəmənt/.

What does "tournament" mean?

As a noun, "tournament" means: During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

What are common misspellings of "tournament"?

Common misspellings include "oturnament", "torunament", "tounrament", "touranment", "tournaemnt". The correct spelling is "tournament".

How do you pronounce "tournament"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tournament" is /ˈtʊənəmənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "tournament"?

From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “tournament”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is T-O-U-R-N-A-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈtʊənəmənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.