retournons

\ʁə.tuʁ.nɔ̃\

/\ʁə.tuʁ.nɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“retournons” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,507
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retourner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retournons · retournons · French

retournons · rank #39,507 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,507
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retardés

Nearest frequency peer: retardés (-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 « retournons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retournons » 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).

retournons vs retournés
80% similar
retournons vs retournent
80% similar
retournons vs retournant
80% similar

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

Key facts for retournons
PropertyValue
Headwordretournons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tuʁ.nɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#39,507
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retournons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retournonsse 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 « retardés » (#39,506), « revisité » (#39,508), « retable » (#39,505). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retournons » est au #39,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around retournons (IPA \ʁə.tuʁ.nɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,507 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for retournons, with forms such as "ertournons", "reoturnons", and "retorunons". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "retournés", "retournent", "retournant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retournons, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retourner.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de retourner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Retournons au Moyen Âge pour écouter le concert du trio de la Carité de Guingamor qui proposera une représentation dimanche 12 février à 17 h, en l’église Saint-Clodoald avec Gaëlle Durand (vièle à archet et chant), Maxime Fiorani (percussions et chant), Emmanuel Plard (instruments à vent et chant) et Pascal Mélis à l’orgue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertournons
  • reoturnons
  • retorunons
  • retounrons
  • retournnons
  • retournnos
  • retournonns
  • retournonss
  • retournosn
  • retouronns
  • retourrnons
  • rettournons
  • retuornons
  • rretournons
  • rteournons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertournons2reoturnons2retorunons2retounrons2retournnons1retournnos2retournonns1retournonss1
Edit distance from "retournons"

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 "retournons"?
"retournons" is spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tuʁ.nɔ̃\.
What does "retournons" mean?
As a verb, "retournons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retourner.
What words are commonly confused with "retournons"?
"retournons" is commonly confused with "retournés", "retournent", "retournant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retournons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retournons" is \ʁə.tuʁ.nɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retournons" come from?
"retournons" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list