Tours

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"tours" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tours” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,745
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tours · Tours · English

Tours · rank #5,745 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,745
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH thunder

Nearest frequency peer: thunder (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Tours”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Tours” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Tours vs tur
40% similar
Tours vs turn
40% similar
Tours vs toys
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Tours
PropertyValue
HeadwordTours
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,745
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Tours”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “thunder” (#5,744), “tragedy” (#5,746), “teenage” (#5,743). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Tours” is #5,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Tours, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,745 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tours, with forms such as "oturs", "tourrs", and "tourss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tur", "turn", "toys", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French Tours, from Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity. The correct English form is Tours, spelled T-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.

Etymology

From French Tours, from Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity.

This word in other languages

Tours(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturs
  • tourrs
  • tourss
  • tousr
  • ttours
  • tuors

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tours - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oturs2tourrs1tourss1tousr2ttours1tuors2
Edit distance from "Tours"

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 "Tours"?
"Tours" is spelled T-O-U-R-S.
What does "Tours" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tours" means: A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.
What words are commonly confused with "Tours"?
"Tours" is commonly confused with "tur", "turn", "toys". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Tours"?
From French Tours, from Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tours", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list