tournante
\tuʁ.nɑ̃t\
The verdict
“tournante” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,589 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,589
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Viol en réunion : viol commis par plusieurs personnes.
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 | tournante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tournante” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tournante is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,589 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tournante, with forms such as "oturnante", "torunante", and "tounrante". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "tournent", "tournants", "tournantes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 tournante, spelled T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Viol en réunion : viol commis par plusieurs personnes.
- 2Variante du jeu dans lequel les joueurs tournent autour de la table ou du terrain : ils changent de côté après chaque coup.
- 3Torsade de fil, parfois d’or ou d’argent, qui fait le tour d’une épaulette de militaire.
- 4Fusée qui s’élève en tournant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oturnante,torunante,tounrante,tourannte,tournanet,tournannte,tournantte,tournatne,tournnante,tournnate,tourrnante,ttournante,tuornante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tournante - 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.
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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Using “tournante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tournent” - see the side-by-side comparison. tournante vs tournent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.