retourne

\ʁə.tuʁn\

/\ʁə.tuʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“retourne” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,449
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carte qu’on retourne à certains jeux, à la fin de la distribution, et qui détermine ordinairement l’atout. Dans certains jeux on dit virade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retourne · retourne · French

retourne · rank #2,449 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,449
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retirer

Nearest frequency peer: retirer (-1 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 « retourne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retourne » 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).

retourne vs return
75% similar
retourne vs retours
75% similar
retourne vs retourner
89% similar

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

Key facts for retourne
PropertyValue
Headwordretourne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.tuʁn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,449
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retourne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).retournese 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 « retirer » (#2,448), « reçoit » (#2,450), « responsables » (#2,447). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retourne » est au #2,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around retourne (IPA \ʁə.tuʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,449 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Carte qu’on retourne à certains jeux, à la fin de la distribution, et qui détermine ordinairement l’atout. Dans certains jeux on dit virade.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for retourne, with forms such as "ertourne", "reoturne", and "retorune". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "return", "retours", "retourner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retourne, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carte qu’on retourne à certains jeux, à la fin de la distribution, et qui détermine ordinairement l’atout. Dans certains jeux on dit virade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De quelle couleur est la retourne ?
  2. La retourne est de pique, à cœur, est en pique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertourne
  • reoturne
  • retorune
  • retounre
  • retouren
  • retournne
  • retourrne
  • rettourne
  • retuorne
  • rretourne
  • rteourne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retourne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ertourne2reoturne2retorune2retounre2retouren2retournne1retourrne1rettourne1
Edit distance from "retourne"

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 "retourne"?
"retourne" is spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tuʁn\.
What does "retourne" mean?
As a noun, "retourne" means: Carte qu’on retourne à certains jeux, à la fin de la distribution, et qui détermine ordinairement l’atout. Dans certains jeux on dit virade.
What words are commonly confused with "retourne"?
"retourne" is commonly confused with "return", "retours", "retourner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retourne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retourne" is \ʁə.tuʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retourne" come from?
"retourne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

puissant#2,444voudrais#2,456journaux#2,427exemples#2,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

charges11 variantsfenêtre11 variantsimaginer11 variantsmélange11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list