atours

\a.tuʁ\

/\a.tuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“atours” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,281
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de atour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-atours · atours · French

atours · rank #43,281 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,281
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Asvel

Nearest frequency peer: Asvel (-2 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « atours »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « atours » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

atours vs atout
67% similar
atours vs autour
67% similar
atours vs atouts
83% similar

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

Key facts for atours
PropertyValue
Headwordatours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tuʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,281
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « atours »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.atoursse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Asvel » (#43,279), « asthmatique » (#43,278), « attaquez » (#43,284). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « atours » est au #43,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around atours (IPA \a.tuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,281 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de atour.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atours, with forms such as "aoturs", "atorus", and "atourrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "atout", "autour", "atouts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is atours, spelled A-T-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de atour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how atours appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et, autour des ancêtres, en grands atours, le ly thuong et les notables, et les vieux et les vieilles, […] ont les mains jointes et se courbent, les yeux au sol, en nous désignant les deux places d'honneur à chaque bout.
  2. Gardez-vous pour toujours de réveiller mes nerfs, Sous les plus beaux atours, se cache souvent mégère.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aoturs
  • atorus
  • atourrs
  • atourss
  • atousr
  • attours
  • atuors
  • taours

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aoturs2atorus2atourrs1atourss1atousr2attours1atuors2taours2
Edit distance from "atours"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atours"?
"atours" is spelled A-T-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tuʁ\.
What does "atours" mean?
As a noun, "atours" means: Pluriel de atour.
What words are commonly confused with "atours"?
"atours" is commonly confused with "atout", "autour", "atouts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atours" is \a.tuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atours" come from?
"atours" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

biaisé#43,293biogaz#43,294anales#43,265Altman#43,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

albret8 variantsaffluer8 variantsaffairs8 variantsœillets8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list