tours

\tuʁ\

/\tuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tours” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,105
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tours · tours · French

tours · rank #2,105 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,105
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH usine

Nearest frequency peer: usine (+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 « tours »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tours » 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).

tours vs tus
60% similar
tours vs tout
60% similar
tours vs tous
80% similar

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

Key facts for tours
PropertyValue
Headwordtours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tuʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,105
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tours »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).toursse 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 « usine » (#2,106), « solutions » (#2,103), « Vincent » (#2,107). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tours » est au #2,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tours (IPA \tuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,105 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tour.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tours, with forms such as "oturs", "torus", and "tourrs". 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, "tus", "tout", "tous", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tours, spelled T-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si nous avons eu l’irrévérence de détecter certains tours d’escamotage du réel à des fins narcissiques, il nous faut aussi admirer la façon dont l’écrivain s’auto-fascine et nous captive dans le même mouvement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturs
  • torus
  • tourrs
  • tourss
  • tousr
  • ttours
  • tuors

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oturs2torus2tourrs1tourss1tousr2ttours1tuors2
Edit distance from "tours"

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 "tours"?
"tours" is spelled T-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ\.
What does "tours" mean?
As a noun, "tours" means: Pluriel de tour.
What words are commonly confused with "tours"?
"tours" is commonly confused with "tus", "tout", "tous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tours" is \tuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tours" come from?
"tours" 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 "tours", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

usine#2,106aient#2,108rares#2,099finit#2,125

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

dessin7 variantsislam7 variantshonte7 variantsHenri7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list