tournoi

\tuʁ.nwa\

/\tuʁ.nwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“tournoi” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,549
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compétition amicale, sans enjeu important et ne donnant pas lieu à l'attribution d'un titre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tournoi · tournoi · French

tournoi · rank #2,549 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,549
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tiré

Nearest frequency peer: tiré (-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 « tournoi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tournoi » 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).

tournoi vs Tournon
71% similar
tournoi vs tournois
88% similar
tournoi vs tournons
75% similar

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

Key facts for tournoi
PropertyValue
Headwordtournoi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tuʁ.nwa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,549
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tournoi »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tournoise 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 « tiré » (#2,548), « ventes » (#2,550), « superbe » (#2,547). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tournoi » est au #2,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tournoi (IPA \tuʁ.nwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,549 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tournoi, with forms such as "oturnoi", "torunoi", and "tounroi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Tournon", "tournois", "tournons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tournoi, spelled T-O-U-R-N-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compétition amicale, sans enjeu important et ne donnant pas lieu à l'attribution d'un titre.
  2. 2
    Combat à armes courtoises entre deux ou plusieurs partis de chevaliers.
  3. 3
    Joutes oratoires.
  4. 4
    Type particulier de graphe orienté https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournoi_(th%C3%A9orie_des_graphes).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le tournoi junior me semble tellement éloigné du prestigieux tournoi adulte. J'ai l'impression d'être une joueuse de sous-catégorie.
  2. Nils Guyon, très performant en Catalogne comme lors de tous les tournois estivaux de 2021, est encore de la fête.

This word in other languages

tournament(English)torneo(Español)Turnier(Deutsch)torneio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturnoi
  • torunoi
  • tounroi
  • tournio
  • tournnoi
  • touroni
  • tourrnoi
  • ttournoi
  • tuornoi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oturnoi2torunoi2tounroi2tournio2tournnoi1touroni2tourrnoi1ttournoi1
Edit distance from "tournoi"

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 "tournoi"?
"tournoi" is spelled T-O-U-R-N-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ.nwa\.
What does "tournoi" mean?
As a noun, "tournoi" means: Compétition amicale, sans enjeu important et ne donnant pas lieu à l'attribution d'un titre.
What words are commonly confused with "tournoi"?
"tournoi" is commonly confused with "Tournon", "tournois", "tournons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tournoi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tournoi" is \tuʁ.nwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tournoi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

superbe#2,547étrange#2,554Antoine#2,555réussir#2,543

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ventes9 variantsattitude9 variantsbatterie9 variantsprenez9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list