retournez
\ʁə.tuʁ.ne\
The verdict
“retournez” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,755
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retourner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retournez · retournez · French
retournez · rank #21,755 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,755
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reposait
Nearest frequency peer: reposait (-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 « retournez »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- redémarrer
redémarrer
78,249 corpus weight
- reposait
reposait
78,247 corpus weight
- retournez
retournez
78,246 corpus weight
- roquette
roquette
78,245 corpus weight
- Ruiz
Ruiz
78,244 corpus weight
- rythmique
rythmique
78,243 corpus weight
What this shows « retournez » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retournez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retournez »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around retournez (IPA \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,755 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for retournez, with forms such as "ertournez", "reoturnez", and "retorunez". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "retourne", "retourna", "retourner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is retournez, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retourner.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de retourner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how retournez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous vous retournez trop sur le passé, ne vous engluez pas dans des regrets.
Votre pièce ne vaut rien, votre discours est une extravagance, tous ces messieurs se moquent de vous ; sortez d’ici, et retournez vicariser dans votre village.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertournez
- reoturnez
- retorunez
- retounrez
- retourenz
- retournezz
- retournnez
- retournze
- retourrnez
- rettournez
- retuornez
- rretournez
- rteournez
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retournez - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).