Tournon

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The verdict

“Tournon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,576
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tournon · Tournon · French

Tournon · rank #38,576 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,576
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH toupie

Nearest frequency peer: toupie (-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 « Tournon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Tournon » 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).

Tournon vs tournons
75% similar
Tournon vs tourné
57% similar
Tournon vs Toulon
71% similar

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

Key facts for Tournon
PropertyValue
HeadwordTournon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,576
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tournon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Tournonse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « toupie » (#38,575), « topographiques » (#38,574), « transcriptions » (#38,578). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tournon » est au #38,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Tournon, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,576 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tournon, with forms such as "oturnon", "torunon", and "tounron". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "tournons", "tourné", "Toulon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Tournon, spelled T-O-U-R-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
  2. 2
    Ancien nom de la commune française Tournon-sur-Rhône.
  3. 3
    Nom court de Tournon-d’Agenais, commune française du Lot-et-Garonne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Didier Balsac, maire de Tournon, et Danielle Darquié de l’Anacr.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturnon
  • torunon
  • tounron
  • tournno
  • tournnon
  • tournonn
  • touronn
  • tourrnon
  • ttournon
  • tuornon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oturnon2torunon2tounron2tournno2tournnon1tournonn1touronn2tourrnon1
Edit distance from "Tournon"

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 "Tournon"?
"Tournon" is spelled T-O-U-R-N-O-N.
What does "Tournon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tournon" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
What words are commonly confused with "Tournon"?
"Tournon" is commonly confused with "tournons", "tourné", "Toulon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Tournon" come from?
"Tournon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Theater#38,566tenaces#38,563ventilo#38,596vivrait#38,603

Similar misspelling depth

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

tomorrow10 variantsveineuse10 variantsYolande10 variantssoumets10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list