retournés

\ʁə.tuʁ.ne\

/\ʁə.tuʁ.ne\/ adj

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The verdict

“retournés” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,550
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de retourné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retournes · retournés · French

retournés · rank #20,550 · 14 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,550
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH repaire

Nearest frequency peer: repaire (-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 « retournés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retournés » 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).

retournés vs retours
78% similar
retournés vs retournez
78% similar
retournés vs retournons
80% similar

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

Key facts for retournés
PropertyValue
Headwordretournés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.tuʁ.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,550
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retournés »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retournésse 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 « repaire » (#20,549), « rigoureusement » (#20,551), « relèvement » (#20,548). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retournés » est au #20,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around retournés (IPA \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,550 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de retourné.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for retournés, with forms such as "ertournés", "reoturnés", and "retorunés". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "retours", "retournez", "retournons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is retournés, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de retourné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertournés
  • reoturnés
  • retorunés
  • retounrés
  • retournes
  • retournnés
  • retournsé
  • retournéss
  • retourrnés
  • retouréns
  • rettournés
  • retuornés
  • rretournés
  • rteournés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertournés2reoturnés2retorunés2retounrés2retournes1retournnés1retournsé2retournéss1
Edit distance from "retournés"

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 "retournés"?
"retournés" is spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\.
What does "retournés" mean?
As an adjective, "retournés" means: Masculin pluriel de retourné.
What words are commonly confused with "retournés"?
"retournés" is commonly confused with "retours", "retournez", "retournons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retournés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retournés" is \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retournés" come from?
"retournés" 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 "retournés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

scrupules14 variantsposteriori14 variantsphosphore14 variantsparchemin14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list