retournement

\ʁə.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“retournement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,486
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de retourner ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retournement · retournement · French

retournement · rank #15,486 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,486
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retombées

Nearest frequency peer: retombées (-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 « retournement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retournement » 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).

retournement vs retournent
83% similar
retournement vs retourneront
83% similar
retournement vs retournements
92% similar

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

Key facts for retournement
PropertyValue
Headwordretournement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,486
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retournement »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « retombées » (#15,485), « reporté » (#15,484), « reviendrai » (#15,488). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retournement » est au #15,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around retournement (IPA \ʁə.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,486 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de retourner ou résultat de cette action.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for retournement, with forms such as "ertournement", "reoturnement", and "retorunement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "retournent", "retourneront", "retournements", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is retournement, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de retourner ou résultat de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La hauteur de l'ensemble de l’attinage peut encore être diminuée par le retournement de la pièce supérieure ; […].
  2. Des bâtiments soulevés par le retournement d'un ice-berg ont été rejetés à la mer brisés comme une noix.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertournement
  • reoturnement
  • retorunement
  • retounrement
  • retourenment
  • retourneemnt
  • retournemennt
  • retournementt
  • retournemetn
  • retournemment
  • retournemnet
  • retournmeent
  • retournnement
  • retourrnement
  • rettournement
  • retuornement
  • rretournement
  • rteournement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retournement - 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.

ertournement2reoturnement2retorunement2retounrement2retourenment2retourneemnt2retournemennt1retournementt1
Edit distance from "retournement"

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 "retournement"?
"retournement" is spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\.
What does "retournement" mean?
As a noun, "retournement" means: Action de retourner ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "retournement"?
"retournement" is commonly confused with "retournent", "retourneront", "retournements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retournement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retournement" is \ʁə.tuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retournement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

intelligentes18 variantsimplications18 variantsfraîchement18 variantscomplaisance18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list