tour à tour
\tu.ʁ‿a tuʁ\
The verdict
“tour à tour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacun à son tour ; l’un après l’autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tour-a-tour · tour à tour · French
tour à tour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tour à tour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tu.ʁ‿a tuʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tour à tour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tour à tour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tu.ʁ‿a tuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chacun à son tour ; l’un après l’autre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tour à tour, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tour à tour, spelled T-O-U-R- -À- -T-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Chacun à son tour ; l’un après l’autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tour à tour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là, je restai en calme pendant près d’une semaine, à huit lieues de la terre, dont les courans m’approchaient et m’éloignaient tour à tour.
L’Océan, que je ne connaissais pas encore, m’apparaissait […] avec ses marées qui viennent tour à tour cacher et nous dévoiler ses richesses.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.