tourner

\tuʁ.ne\

/\tuʁ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“tourner” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,758
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvoir en rond, par un mouvement circulaire ou en ligne courbe, autour d’un axe de rotation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tourner · tourner · French

tourner · rank #1,758 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,758
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sourire

Nearest frequency peer: sourire (-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 « tourner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tourner » 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).

tourner vs Turner
71% similar
tourner vs tourte
71% similar
tourner vs tournoi
71% similar

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

Key facts for tourner
PropertyValue
Headwordtourner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tuʁ.ne\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,758
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tourner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tournerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sourire » (#1,757), « van » (#1,759), « sentir » (#1,756). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tourner » est au #1,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tourner (IPA \tuʁ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,758 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 24 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tourner, with forms such as "oturner", "toruner", and "tounrer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Turner", "tourte", "tournoi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tourner, spelled T-O-U-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvoir en rond, par un mouvement circulaire ou en ligne courbe, autour d’un axe de rotation.
  2. 2
    Décrire un mouvement circulaire autour de quelque chose ; contourner.
  3. 3
    Bouger ; diriger.
  4. 4
    Inverser, mouvoir en sens contraire. → voir retourner.
  5. 5
    Disposer autour de quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Changer de parti.
  7. 7
    Influencer, faire passer à une manière d’être différente. On dit plutôt aujourd’hui retourner.
  8. 8
    Transformer.
  9. 9
    Façonner au tour.
  10. 10
    Éviter ou éluder, en parlant d'une difficulté.
  11. 11
    Écrire en prose ou en vers en leur donnant un certain tour.
  12. 12
    Filmer ou participer à un film.
  13. 13
    Filmer.
  14. 14
    Se mouvoir en rond, circulairement.
  15. 15
    Se tordre.
  16. 16
    Se mouvoir dans une autre direction.
  17. 17
    Aller et venir, errer.
  18. 18
    Donner le tournis.
  19. 19
    Être disposé en cercle.
  20. 20
    Devenir fou.
  21. 21
    Changer, transformer.
  22. 22
    Changer de façon imprévue.
  23. 23
    S’altérer ; changer en mal.
  24. 24
    Pour un programme, être en cours d’exécution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils se relayaient pour tourner la manivelle de la magnéto — une grosse « gégène ».
  2. Tourner les pieds en dedans, en dehors.

This word in other languages

turn(English)girar(Español)umschlagen(Deutsch)ligar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturner
  • toruner
  • tounrer
  • tourenr
  • tournerr
  • tournner
  • tournre
  • tourrner
  • ttourner
  • tuorner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oturner2toruner2tounrer2tourenr2tournerr1tournner1tournre2tourrner1
Edit distance from "tourner"

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 "tourner"?
"tourner" is spelled T-O-U-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ.ne\.
What does "tourner" mean?
As a verb, "tourner" means: Mouvoir en rond, par un mouvement circulaire ou en ligne courbe, autour d’un axe de rotation.
What words are commonly confused with "tourner"?
"tourner" is commonly confused with "Turner", "tourte", "tournoi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tourner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tourner" is \tuʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tourner" come from?
"tourner" 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 "tourner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sourire#1,757réduire#1,754nations#1,745indique#1,772

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

répond10 variantshumains10 variantsmondial10 variantsurgence10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list